solar

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
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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
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Report Details How Sustainable Energy Utility Would Benefit Ann Arbor, Mich.

A sustainable energy utility (SEU) for the City of Ann Arbor, Mich., is feasible and would yield a variety of benefits for the city, a new report concludes. While the SEU would be a publicly owned municipal utility, the report notes that the SEU would differ from a traditional municipal utility in that it would supplement the current investor-owned utility (IOU).

All-Source RFP

Salt River Project (SRP) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for resources to satisfy up to 1,000 MW of customers’ peak summer demand. SRP is seeking up to 400 MW of peaking resources by summer 2024 and up to 1,000 MW total by summer 2026.

Federal Government Affairs Consultant

The Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) is soliciting competitive proposals for qualified and experienced firms or individuals interested in being retained to serve as SCPPA’s federal government affairs consultant. Responding firms or individuals would serve as an expert federal
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APPA Joins State And Local Stakeholders To Oppose “Minimum” Tax On Bond Interest

The American Public Power Association (APPA) has joined with other state and local stakeholders in opposition to the inclusion of municipal bond interest in a new Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) included in the latest draft of the Build Back Better Act.
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Reliability

Best Practices in Overhead Line Design

Part two of the two-part Overhead Distribution Virtual Series. Learn all about structural design principles, review industry best practices, and complete hands-on design exercises, including the practical application of learning through the use of line design software.
August 26, 2025 - September 4, 2025
grid

Maine Chapter Of Sierra Club Backs Public Power Effort In The State

The Maine Chapter of the Sierra Club has endorsed Our Power's effort to create a statewide, consumer-owned utility.
storage

APPA-Funded Logan City Light & Power Energy Storage Project Advances

Pine Gate Renewables on Nov. 3 said that it has won a competitive bid with Logan City Light & Power (LL&P) to build a stand-alone energy storage system in Logan, Utah.