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The City of Walters, Oklahoma, a public power community, recently received news from U.S. Rep. Tom Cole’s (R-Okla.) office regarding the Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill that was recently signed into law.
During a planned outage, Florida public power utility Gainesville Regional Utilities is completing a major maintenance milestone at the J.R. Kelly Plant with the overhaul of the gas turbine.
Austin Energy on Feb. 10 announced that its GreenChoice® renewable energy subscription program has evolved to include Texas solar energy.
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Lincoln Electric System is offering incentives through its Sustainable Energy Program to help residential and business customers make energy-efficiency upgrades, the Nebraska public power utility said on Feb. 10.
Microsoft is investigating high-temperature superconductor (HTS) technology to understand how its data centers can meet the growing demand for power and how to improve its operational sustainability.
The Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors on Feb. 11 voted to take steps toward continued operation of the Kingston and Cumberland Fossil Plants beyond previously scheduled retirement dates.
Chuck Bowlin, President and CEO of Tennessee public power utility Greeneville Energy Authority, recently passed away unexpectedly. Bowlin had served in the role of President and CEO since July 2020.
Michael Curtis, who served for many years as Executive Secretary and later General Counsel to the Arizona Municipal Power Users’ Association and was active nationally with the American Public Power Association, passed away in late January.
City Water, Light and Power employees achieved a major safety milestone in 2025, recording the lowest accident rate in the utility’s history and sending more employees home safely at the end of each workday, the Illinois public power utility reported in late January.