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Adult sockeye salmon migrating to Canada’s Okanagan River Basin will have a better chance to survive and spawn during drought years following a successful, “trap-and-haul” pilot project carried out July 16 by Grant PUD, Chelan PUD and Canada’s Okanagan Nation Alliance with ample support from agencies on both sides of the border, Grant PUD and Chelan PUD said.
Florida public power utility JEA has promoted veteran technology leader Steven Selders to chief information officer.
The House Energy and Commerce Environment Subcommittee recently held a hearing focused on reforming permitting processes under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Eugene Water and Power CEO and General Manager Frank Lawson will retire in spring 2026, after a decade in the top leadership position at the utility.
College Station Utilities, which serves College Station community members, has seen higher customer satisfaction since implementing text messaging. Customers benefit from the utility’s communication about outages, both planned and unplanned, through TextPower, an ARCOS company that provides mission-critical communications via text.
The following is a transcript of the August 18, 2025, episode of Public Power Now. Learn more about subscribing to Public Power Now at Publicpower.org/Podcasts. Some quotes may have been edited for clarity. Paul Ciampoli Welcome to the latest episode of Public Power Now. I'm Paul Ciampoli, APPA's
The South Carolina Association of Municipal Power Systems recently announced that it is changing its name to Palmetto Power Cities.
As EPB CEO David Wade announced he will retire by fall of 2026, the EPB Board concluded its leadership planning process by naming Janet Rehberg, currently EPB's President of Strategic Initiatives, to serve as President & CEO-elect during the remainder of Wade’s tenure, the Tennessee public power utility said on Sept. 19.
The Tennessee Valley Authority and Type One Energy announced on Sept. 19 that TVA has issued a Letter of Intent (LOI) to Type One Energy regarding the utility’s interest in the potential deployment of Type One Energy’s fusion power plant technology at the former Bull Run Fossil site once it is commercially ready.
Eaton has been awarded a multi-million-dollar project to deliver grid modernization solutions for Snohomish County Public Utility District (PUD) in Washington state.