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Alabama public power utility Huntsville Utilities, Toyota Alabama and Toyota Tsusho America Inc. on April 5 announced a power purchase agreement to support a 168-acre, $49 million solar project.
Massachusetts public power utility Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant (AMLP) has been recognized by the state of Massachusetts for its decarbonization and clean energy efforts.
Albertville City Schools in Alabama will receive $7.5 million toward the purchase of 19 new electric buses through the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program.
Omaha Public Power District is using a $3.46 million grant from the Nebraska Environmental Trust to build a solar power plant at a former landfill site.
California community choice aggregator Peninsula Clean Energy on Jan. 24 said that it has signed contracts for energy storage, geothermal, wind and small hydropower projects.
Community Engagement
It’s Smart Energy Provider Week (March 6-10, 2023) – a time to celebrate and highlight the achievements and efforts of public power utilities in managing efficient, sustainable electric systems. While...
Distributed Energy Resources
In a shift from the traditional electric power paradigm, utilities and utility customers are installing distributed generation (DG) facilities that employ small-scale technologies to produce electricity closer to the end use of power. Driving this exponential growth is the dramatic decrease in the
At the first sign of trouble, our community decides to disconnect from the broader grid. Why worry — we live on our own little microgrid with a limitless supply of...
In November 2016, we had the great opportunity to represent the American Public Power Association in a fact-finding mission to Australia. We tried throughout the trip to think about what...
Distributed Energy Resources
Part of the Spring Education Institute. Learn how to improve your utility’s policies, standards, and practices for planning, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining underground distribution and hear about current and emerging industry trends.