Electricity Markets
Brian Taylor, General Manager for Tennessee public power utility CDE Lightband, and Lance Haynie, Government Affairs Director for the City of Santa Clara, Utah, on June 10 provided a variety of examples of how artificial intelligence can be utilized by public power utilities and public power cities.
Workforce
Bear Prairie, who has served as the General Manager, and Assistant General Manager, at Idaho Falls Power and Fiber since 2010, has resigned to accept a new role within the utility industry.
Generation
Columbia Generating Station successfully reconnected to the Pacific Northwest’s power grid on June 16 at 5:02 p.m. completing its biennial refueling outage, Energy Northwest reported.
Electricity Markets
The PJM Interconnection has issued a Hot Weather Alert for its entire service area for June 22–25 ahead of an expected extended heat wave. PJM serves a footprint that includes all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia.
Bonds and Financing
APPA is asking its members to contact Senate Republican offices to urge that the tax reconciliation bill not repeal the statutory exceptions to the domestic content requirement for elective payment.
Generation
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on June 18 took several actions to remove regulatory obstacles and therefore speed up the construction of needed natural gas infrastructure projects in the U.S.
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Austin Energy’s power generation and transmission facilities have completed their weatherization readiness activities in preparation for the coming heat this summer, the Texas public power utility said on June 18.
Customer Service
College Station Utilities, which serves College Station community members, has seen higher customer satisfaction since implementing text messaging.
Safety
Utilities will not be successful if they think that they can discipline their way to a culture of safety, said John Haarlow, CEO and General Manager of Washington State’s Snohomish County PUD, on June 10. In addition, the level of morale is directly proportional to safety culture, Haarlow said at APPA’s National Conference in New Orleans.