The following story is courtesy of the Anoka Municipal Utility. More than a century ago, residents of Anoka, Minnesota – a city just north of Minneapolis-St. Paul – found cows roaming down Main Street, the windows of buildings and houses covered in soap, and several outhouses tipped over. The city
A sustainable energy utility (SEU) for the City of Ann Arbor, Mich., is feasible and would yield a variety of benefits for the city, a new report concludes. While the SEU would be a publicly owned municipal utility, the report notes that the SEU would differ from a traditional municipal utility in that it would supplement the current investor-owned utility (IOU).
The Maine Chapter of the Sierra Club has endorsed Our Power's effort to create a statewide, consumer-owned utility.
Workforce
According to the United States Energy & Employment Report 2021, compiled by the Department of Energy, veterans make up approximately 9% of the jobs in the generation portion of the...
Community Engagement
The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority is preparing to welcome volunteers to the Navajo Nation April-June 2022 for Light Up Navajo III , an effort with the American Public Power Association...
Community Engagement
It’s no secret that electric utilities are in the middle of a significant transformation. An ever-increasing number of public power utilities have adopted or are looking at adopting clean energy...
Safety
Happy holidays! Despite the added commitments and extended to-do lists that come with it, I’m a big fan of this festive time of year. As we deck the halls at...
Grant PUD General Manager and CEO Kevin Nordt stepped down on Dec. 6 to assume an important but less physically demanding role in helping assure a long-term power supply for Grant PUD customers, the PUD said on Dec. 2.
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) recently awarded more than $730,000 in Community Development Partnership Program (CDPP) grants for a wide range of projects across LCRA’s wholesale electric, water and transmission service areas.
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