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Community Engagement
The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors unanimously elected Division 5 Director Karin Sol Eugenio to serve as the leader of the IID Board throughout 2026.
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Workforce
KPP Energy recently announced the launch of a scholarship program designed to invest in the future workforce of Kansas public power communities.
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Electric Vehicles
The Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities (IAMU), funded in part from an APPA Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments program grant, has developed a toolkit to equip utility managers and other public power decision makers with tools, knowledge, and resources related to the purchase
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Grid Modernization
Staff at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in December released a report on demand response and advanced metering.
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Generation
With some communities pushing back against proposed data centers over concerns tied to water use, data center developers and others are working to tap technologies that will help to minimize the use of water to cool data center facilities.
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Generation
Colorado Springs, Colorado-area lawmakers on January 12 announced the introduction of legislation this legislative session aimed at helping utilities that are struggling to achieve Colorado’s Clean Energy Plan deadlines.
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Reliability
Six Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) member municipal utilities have been awarded federal grant funding under the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, MMWEC said on Jan. 12.
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Environment
The following is a transcript of the Dec. 19, 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 News
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Distributed Energy Resources
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Jan. 12 granted a preliminary injunction sought by Revolution Wind regarding the December 22, 2025, suspension order issued by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
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Bonds and Financing
Moody’s Investors Service affirmed the A3 credit rating and stable outlook of Burlington Electric Department (BED) in a credit opinion update issued December 12, 2025, citing BED’s “generally competitive rates and diverse power supply mix that is 100% renewable under Vermont statutes.”