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Shrewsbury Electric & Cable Operations Adopts Accelerated CO2 Reduction Goals

Shrewsbury Electric & Cable Operations (SELCO) in Massachusetts has adopted a plan with even more aggressive carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reductions than those set by the state.
Communication
Workforce

Bridging a Language Barrier

As our public power community seeks the next generation of our workforce, as well as continuing to attract people with a variety of skills, backgrounds, and viewpoints, perhaps our language...

Algona Municipal Utilities In Iowa Uses DEED Grant To Analyze Customer Classes

Algona Municipal Utilities in Iowa has completed a grant – under the American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments (DEED) research and development program – that enables small public power utilities to better utilize Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) data
hydrogen storage with wind turbines and solar panels
Generation

What’s Behind the Buzz about Hydrogen

Hydrogen is being looked at in the energy sector as a resource for storage, generation, industrial processes, and transportation. While many of the technical applications are in the nascent stage...
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Banning Electric Utility Power Transformer Relocation Project Will Yield A Number Of Key Benefits

A project by the City of Banning Electric Utility (BEU) in California that involves moving and relocating a power transformer will result in a number of benefits including saving BEU ratepayers an estimated $500,000 compared to the cost of purchasing a new transformer.

FERC Rejects Bid To Require TVA To Provide Open Access Transmission Service

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Oct. 21 denied a request by local power companies (LPCs) that the Commission require the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to provide open access transmission service to the LPCs pursuant to section 211A of the Federal Power Act (FPA).

Kansas Municipal Utilities Completes Another Successful Distribution Overhead Workshop

Kansas Municipal Utilities (KMU) earlier this month completed another successful Electric Distribution Overhead Workshop, which offers training sessions on overhead installation, construction, maintenance requirements and techniques and provides attendees with the opportunity to practice these job

California Community Choice Aggregators Seek Firm Clean Energy Resources

A recently issued solicitation seeks up to 200 megawatts (MW) of firm clean resources for a group of California community choice aggregators (CCAs) through one or more projects, with deliveries beginning no later than June 1, 2026. California Community Power, a Joint Powers Agency comprised of 10

Halloween Capital Runs on Public Power

The following story is courtesy of the Anoka Municipal Utility. More than a century ago, residents of Anoka, Minnesota – a city just north of Minneapolis-St. Paul – found cows roaming down Main Street, the windows of buildings and houses covered in soap, and several outhouses tipped over. The city