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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The U.S. Department of Energy on Jan. 26 issued an emergency order to mitigate blackouts in New York and the surrounding area following Winter Storm Fern.
RTO control room
Electricity Markets
As we again prepare to welcome our members to Washington for our annual Legislative Rally, the phrase often heard repeated throughout the halls of Congress when talking about energy is “resource adequacy.” In its simplest terms, resource adequacy means having enough capacity and reserves for grid
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Public power utilities are continuing to make progress in their power restoration efforts in the wake of Winter Storm Fern.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
With travel to Washington, D.C., disrupted because of Winter Storm Fern, the deadline for members of the House to join in signing a letter in support of H.R. 4669, the Fixing Emergency Management for Americans (FEMA) Act of 2025 has been moved to this Friday, January 30. The deadline had been Jan. 27.
Map of public power generation projects in development.
Generation
A snapshot of the nearly nine gigawatts of capacity in development with public power ownership, by fuel type and stage.
grid
Bonds and Financing
Fort Pierce Utilities Authority, a Florida public power utility, has received the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for FPUA’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024.
grid
Community Engagement
Colorado Springs Utilities is giving its customers the opportunity to weigh on the brick color and design for the perimeter wall around a new substation.
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Generation
The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects the U.S. benchmark natural gas spot price at the Henry Hub to decrease about 2% to just under $3.50 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) in 2026 before rising sharply in 2027 to just under $4.60/MMBtu, according to its January Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).
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Electricity Markets
Interim PJM Interconnection President and CEO David Mills opened a conversation with stakeholders Jan. 22 about how PJM will approach directives from the PJM Board of Managers, the White House and the 13 governors in the PJM footprint to design and implement a backstop auction in the near term.
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Reliability
In the week ending January 25, 2026, as Winter Storm Fern affected significant portions of the country, coal-fired electricity generation in the Lower 48 states increased 31% from the previous week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported on Jan. 28.