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Bills and Rates
As utility customers across the country face rising rates and growing pressure on household budgets, the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has secured a long-term energy strategy projected to save its electric customers approximately $150 million over the next 30 years, the Kansas public power utility reported on Sept. 23.
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Bills and Rates
Grant PUD commissioners are considering a staff proposal to create new electric rate classes for data centers in 2027 and explore combining some existing rate classes in an ongoing effort to protect core customers from rising costs pushed by the utility's most energy-intense customers. The proposed
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Reliability
Unseasonably high temperatures across the Tennessee Valley drove demand for electricity to unprecedented levels in September 2026, leading the Tennessee Valley Authority to set multiple records for high power demand and system reliability, it reported on Sept. 24. As a powerful heat dome sent
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Environment
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Sept. 23 announced that he has authorized California to move forward with the process of linking its Cap-and-Invest program to Washington State’s carbon market, building on California’s existing partnership with Québec to cut emissions. The Governor has made the
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Customer Service
The use of texting has boosted the ability of Massachusetts public power utility South Hadley Electric Light to connect with its customers.
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Generation
Illinois public power utility City Water, Light and Power (CWLP) is beginning the process of developing a new Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) to help guide the electric resource decisions of Springfield, Illinois, for the future, the utility reported on Sept. 25.
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Workforce
The JEA Board of Directors unanimously voted to appoint Jody Brooks as interim managing director and CEO as the board begins the process of selecting a successor to Vickie Cavey, the Florida public power utility reported on Sept. 25.