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The Public Utility Commission of Texas on Jan. 19 voted to adopt a performance credit mechanism electric market design option and a set of guiding principles for implementation to “strengthen reliability, accountability, and affordability of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas electric grid.”
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office on Sept. 11 expanded the existing Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order 1920 technical assistance program, adding new technical assistance offerings for utilities and regional planners in long-term transmission planning.
Nashville, Tennessee, June 14, 2022 — Twenty-Three individuals and eight utilities were recognized for service to the American Public Power Association and the public power industry during APPA’s National Conference...
New York Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha and New York State Sen. Michelle Hinchey recently introduced a bill that would create a publicly owned power authority called Hudson Valley Power Authority to replace Central Hudson Gas & Electric.
In the wake of recent power outages affecting parts of Michigan, communities in the state recently took steps to explore the option of municipalization.
Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison Company and San Diego Gas & Electric recently submitted residential electric rate reform proposals to the California Public Utilities Commission that call for a customer income verification process that would be administered by a third-party contractor supervised by the CPUC.
In a recent Q&A with APPA, Tim Herlitzka, General Manager of Wisconsin public power utility Waunakee Utilities, discusses the utility’s strong ongoing commitment to safety and details utility plans tied to substations.
Read how three utilities that faced potential sales have continued to connect with their communities to shore up support for public power.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling on various stakeholders to meet in order to accelerate a consensual resolution to PG&E’s bankruptcy cases that will lead to the creation of a new entity. Newsom warned that if the parties fail to reach an agreement quickly “to begin this process of transformation, the state will not hesitate to step in and restructure the utility” and that “all options are on the table.”
The California Public Utilities Commission on Dec. 14 voted to conditionally allow Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to extend operations at the utility’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.