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The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is propelling grid resilience through a partnership with EPB that will demonstrate advanced microgrid capabilities to reduce customer power outages.
At a Northeast Public Power Association Board Meeting this month in Biddeford, Maine, the NEPPA Board elected two new board members.
With less than a month to go before Southwest Power Pool expands its regional transmission organization services into the Western Interconnection, leaders from participating organizations have affirmed their support to move forward with a vote of support.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity (OE) on March 12 announced an approximately $1.9 billion funding opportunity “to accelerate urgently needed upgrades to the nation’s power grid.”
The following is a transcript of the March 9, 2026, 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
Work is underway to create Grant County PUD’s next, state-mandated Integrated Resource Plan, which describes how the utility will meet customers’ demand for electricity from 2027 to 2046, while maintaining reliable service in compliance with the state’s clean-energy requirements at the lowest electric rates possible.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy is underway with a new effort that will use existing nuclear energy infrastructure to put more power on the grid, DOE said on March 12.
The House Committee on Agriculture recently passed H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026.
The American Public Power Association on March 12 said it is pleased to hear that permitting reform negotiations have resumed in the Senate.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has accepted proposed tariff revisions submitted by the Southwest Power Pool to establish a Consolidated Planning Process framework to streamline its regional transmission planning and generator interconnection processes.