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Community Engagement
The Silicon Valley Business Journal has recognized Silicon Valley Power Electric Utility Director Nico Procos as one of its 2026 Top Newsmakers, an annual acknowledgment of leaders influencing the Bay Area’s economic and business landscape, the California public power utility said on March 26.
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Grid Modernization
Sponsored Content The imperative to modernize is clear. Yet knowing the need and meeting it are two different things. Public power utilities today face growing pressure to modernize aging grids at the very moment federal support is being reduced. Recent cancellations of billions of dollars in clean
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Bonds and Financing
Burlington Electric Department, a Vermont public power utility, has issued its voter-approved $20 million Net Zero Energy (NZE) and Grid Reliability Revenue Bond through the Vermont Bond Bank as part of the Vermont Bond Bank’s Pooled Loan Program.
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Generation
Louisiana has launched its first Nuclear Strategic Framework and announced a $45 million federal funding renewal for the Future Use of Energy in Louisiana (FUEL) initiative.
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Community Engagement
California public power utility Burbank Water and Power recently hosted a Key Account event that brought together some of the utility’s largest commercial customers, along with City of Burbank and BWP leadership, for a deep dive conversation on reliability, infrastructure, and the future of local energy and water service.
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Generation
President Donald Trump recently released a proposed budget for fiscal year (FY) 2027 which the administration says will cut non-defense energy program funding by 11 percent.
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Distributed Energy Resources
The City of Glendale, California, celebrated a major milestone in sustainability and community investment with a recent ribbon cutting ceremony for a new rooftop solar installation at the Glendale Central Library.
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Community Engagement
The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, alongside Nazlini Chapter leaders and community members, recently celebrated the new Nazlini communications tower, which closes another digital divide on the 27,000 square mile Navajo Nation.
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Reliability
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) recently announced $98 million for pipeline infrastructure projects.
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Security
Iran-affiliated advanced persistent threat (APT) actors are conducting exploitation activity targeting internet-facing operational technology (OT) devices, including programmable logic controllers (PLCs) manufactured by Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley.