Bonds and Financing
California public power utility Truckee Donner Public Utility District was awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.
Bills and Rates
The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors has approved a 25% reduction in summer power bills for June through September 2025, backed by an $81 million allocation to provide immediate financial relief to customers during the hottest months of the year, the California public power utility said on March 4.
Generation
Public support for hydropower remains high across the Pacific Northwest, according to new community research commissioned by Northwest RiverPartners.
Generation
New Fortress Energy Inc. in March announced a one-year extension of its 80 TBtu islandwide gas supply contract with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.
Workforce
Salt River Project’s state-of-the-art Technology Innovation Lab in Arizona offers the public power utility’s employees a wide variety of hands on training opportunities.
Community Engagement
Customer trust in the community-owned Eugene Water & Electric Board is on the rise, according to results from EWEB’s 2024 customer survey.
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Electricity Markets
The Bonneville Power Administration has issued its day-ahead market draft policy direction that concludes BPA should participate in a day-ahead market and pursue participation in Southwest Power Pool’s Markets+, BPA said on March 5.
Generation
CIM Group, a real estate and infrastructure owner, operator, lender and developer, and Novva Data Centers, a data center company, announced on March 5 that they recently closed a new commitment of $2 billion in financing from J.P. Morgan and Starwood Property Trust to complete the build-out of Novva’s 175-MW Salt Lake City data center.
Environment
The U.S. Supreme Court on March 4 issued a 5-4 decision in which it held that the Environmental Protection Agency lacks authority under the Clean Water Act to set restrictions in water pollutant discharge permits that achieve an “end-result” for receiving waters, finding that it is the agency’s responsibility to determine the steps a permittee must take to ensure water quality standards are met.