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Reliability
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s 2025 Long-Term Reliability Assessment (LTRA) spotlights intensifying resource adequacy risks throughout the North American bulk power system (BPS) over the next 10 years, NERC said on Jan. 29.
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Community Engagement
Nebraska public power utility Lincoln Electric System is celebrating six decades as Lincoln’s locally owned utility, marking a milestone that reflects LES’ long-standing role in delivering reliable, affordable electricity and serving the community, it said on Jan. 30.
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Reliability
Florida public power utilities detailed plans to respond to severe cold weather forecast for the state.
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Reliability
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has extended four emergency orders to mitigate the risk of blackouts in the Carolinas and the Mid-Atlantic ahead of extended winter weather.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Santee Cooper personnel are making preparations for the effects anticipated winter weather may have on Santee Cooper’s customers, the South Carolina public power utility said on Jan. 29.
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Bills and Rates
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission approved an unprecedented reduction in its CleanPowerSF electricity rates, cutting generation charges by 20% to 25%. The rate cuts will take effect March 1.
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Generation
New York Governor Kathy Hochul will tap the New York Department of Public Service to launch a new initiative, Energize NY Development, with the goal of modernizing how large energy users connect to the grid, making it faster and more predictable, but also with strict conditions to protect ratepayers.
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Community Engagement
The California Municipal Utilities Association (CMUA) on Jan. 15 announced the launch of “Public Power. Public Water. Public Good.” -- a new campaign to educate legislators, regulators, journalists, and the general public about the value and public benefits of community-owned, not-for-profit power and water utilities in California.
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Transmission
A proposed power line expansion from North Dakota to central Minnesota “will maintain a reliable electric grid by meeting the region’s growing electricity needs and continuing to improve reliability and save energy users’ money by accessing low-cost power,” South Dakota-based Missouri River Energy
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Electricity Markets
Noting that public power utilities have an “ethic of demonstrated innovation in their communities,” Scott Corwin, President and CEO of the American Public Power Association, recently detailed a wide range of cutting-edge projects that public power utilities are pursuing including the development of advanced nuclear generation and the exploration of emerging non-lithium ion long duration energy storage technologies.