Workforce
Pasadena, Calif., City Manager Miguel Márquez has appointed David Reyes as the new General Manager of Pasadena Water and Power, effective May 5, 2025.
Generation
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV) recently introduced the Help Hoover Dam Act. The bill would make available roughly $45 million in stranded funds for operations, maintenance, and improvement projects at Hoover Dam.
Electricity Markets
At its April 24, 2025, meeting, the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency Board of Directors voted to approve three additional contracts from current member municipalities seeking to continue their beneficial relationship with IMEA through 2055.
Bills and Rates
The Department of Health and Human Services recently announced the release of an additional $401.5 million in Fiscal Year 2025 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funding.
The Grand Haven Board of Light & Power board during its April meeting recognized the efforts of the local linemen that provided mutual aid in Northern Michigan during an April ice storm.
Environment
Energy New England on May 2 announced that its President and CEO John Tzimorangas has been appointed to the Embodied Carbon Intergovernmental Coordinating Council by the Massachusetts House Minority Leader.
Transmission
The Western Transmission Consortium, a member-owned entity dedicated to building interregional and interjurisdictional transmission infrastructure across the Western United States, announced its official launch on May 6. With founding members representing eighty-four utilities across the eleven
Generation
A potential partnership between Everett-based fusion company Helion and Chelan PUD continues to evolve, the Washington State public power utility.
Insights of how public power is growing and where public power utilities are seeing growth in customers and megawatt-hour sales.
Community Engagement
The Michigan Municipal Electric Association (MMEA) recently released a report that details the positive impact of public power utilities in the state.