Understanding and Managing Joint Use Pole Attachment Agreements
Learn how to manage joint use agreements, pole access challenges, and competition issues affecting public power utilities.
September 8, 2026
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The New York Power Authority and the Long Island Power Authority are included among the participants in a three-year effort to develop a next-generation grid foundation model. New York-based Brookhaven National Laboratory will lead the project.
Michigan public power utility Traverse City Light & Power (TCLP) and The Salvation Army are partnering to launch a new locally administered energy-assistance program beginning October 1, 2026. The program will help qualifying TCLP customers pay both their electric bills and home-heating costs.
As Colorado Springs Utilities continues its transition to a more diverse energy portfolio, investments in a stronger electric grid will help ensure reliable service for customers today and in the future, the public power utility recently noted in an update on transmission projects.
Italy-based Ansaldo Energia has signed a contract with Pacifico Energy for the supply of eight AE64.3A gas turbines in a 60 Hz configuration, together with the associated generators, for a strategic power generation project supporting major data center infrastructure in Texas.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds recently announced the completion of the final report from the Iowa Nuclear Energy Task Force, which was established in January to evaluate opportunities for advancing nuclear energy technologies and infrastructure in Iowa.
Staff from ISO New England’s Internal Market Monitoring unit and Energy New England’s Operations and Regulatory and Market Affairs teams recently toured Braintree Electric Light Department’s Watson 1 & 2 peaking generation units in Massachusetts following a meeting on the units’ participation in the ISO New England markets.
A Massachusetts television station recently highlighted the Northeast Public Power Association’s Training Center in Littleton, Mass.
A modeling project involving Washington State’s Grant PUD and the National Laboratory of the Rockies shows coordinated operation of Mid-Columbia hydropower plants could boost efficiency systemwide, NLR reported in late August.
A recently released report outlines practical recommendations for integrating electric vehicles, home batteries, smart buildings, and other flexible loads into grid operations to lower electricity costs, strengthen grid reliability, and modernize demand flexibility programs in California, non-profit GridLab said.