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Across all segments of the industry, the U.S. energy storage market installed 4.8 gigawatts of capacity in 2022, nearly equal to the combined 2020 and 2021 installed capacity of 5 GW, becoming a record year for battery storage, according to a new report from the American Clean Power Association and Wood Mackenzie.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., recently visited a Tennessee Valley Authority site that has been designated as the location for a TVA small modular reactor. Lee and Fleischmann were accompanied on the tour by Jeffrey Lyash, CEO of TVA.

Legislation working its way through the Florida Legislature would substantially limit the ability of public power electric utilities to transfer revenues to cities’ general funds, which will inordinately affect rural, often economically distressed, communities that have a weaker tax base, the Florida Municipal Electric Association said on March 21.

Minnesota public power utility Rochester Public Utilities is launching a Bring Your Own Thermostat program to help reduce energy consumption during periods of high demand.

During the 2023 Electric Cities of Georgia conference, the City of Fairburn's Utilities Department was awarded the Jeff Cook Silver Award Plaque for Safety Excellence.

Crew members from Washington State’s Snohomish County PUD remain in Guam, helping with power restoration efforts after a typhoon knocked out power to a vast swath of customers in May.

Colorado Springs Utilities in July will issue two requests for proposals for 1,500 megawatts of new electric generation and 100 MW of energy storage.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper recently signed into law a bill that will, among other things, increase penalties for acts of damage to energy facilities.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas on June 23 issued a Weather Watch from June 25-30 due to forecasted higher temperatures and higher electrical demand.