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Environment
The Imperial Irrigation District, in partnership with the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG), has been awarded a $2.9 million California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Inflation Reduction Act grant for the “Shade Trees for Southern California’s Deserts” initiative.
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Reliability
Electric Cities of Georgia (ECG) on Nov. 11 announced that six of the eight Georgia communities selected for the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) Grid Resilience Grant Program are ECG members.
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Environment
Tacoma Public Utilities in Washington State recently purchased approximately 579 acres in the Green River Watershed from BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group to protect the water supply and conserve the land.
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Community Engagement
American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) on Nov. 13 announced the launch of its official podcast, The Public Power Line, which explores the issues and topics most important to AMP members and public power through conversations with Member officials, AMP employees and industry experts.
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Community Engagement
The Guam Power Authority (GPA) successfully wrapped up its 2025 Public Power Week (PPW) community donation drives, closing out a month-long effort to collect food and shoes for local nonprofit partners supporting Guam’s most vulnerable families and children.
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Generation
Blackstone, through funds affiliated with Blackstone Energy Transition Partners, on Nov. 13 announced a $1.2 billion investment to build Wolf Summit Energy, a fully contracted, 600-megawatt greenfield combined-cycle gas turbine power generation facility in Harrison County, West Virginia.
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Reliability
Iowa public power utility Spencer Municipal Utilities recently provided an update on work related to a transmission line project that will boost reliability. “Over the last few weeks, SMU has had contractors working in our community updating a transmission line that is one of our main feeds to bring
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Generation
Working natural gas in storage in the Lower 48 states ended the natural gas refill season (April 1–October 31) with more than 3,900 billion cubic feet (Bcf), according to estimates based on data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report released on November 6.
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Reliability
The House Natural Resources Committee on Nov. 20 passed H.R. 4776, the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act, by a vote of 25-18.
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