A look at the equipment shortages and lengthy wait times for utility supplies – and how utilities are coping and planning ahead.
The board of Michigan public power utility Traverse City Light & Power recently approved the employment agreement with Brandie Ekren as TCL&P’s new executive director with an official start date of March 21, 2022.
As part of its ongoing effort to reduce debt costs for customers, the Santee Cooper Board of Directors recently approved a $1.3 billion tender and exchange bond refunding that is expected to produce gross savings of nearly $400 million over the life of the bonds.
Carbon Free Power Project, LLC (CFPP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, continues to advance the development and deployment of its first-of-a-kind small modular reactor nuclear plant at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory near Idaho Falls, Idaho.
A credit program aimed at supporting small businesses in Rochelle, Ill., through a credit on Rochelle Municipal Utilities (RMU) bills has been quite successful, said Michelle Pease, Community Development Director for the City of Rochelle.
Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Feb. 2 unveiled legislation that, among other things, opens the door for state utility regulators to evaluate whether an investor-owned utility or a consumer-owned utility is in the best interests of the state.
An explainer on how not-for-profit utilities are getting shut out of incentives to develop wind and solar, and how directly refundable tax credits could provide a fair alternative.
Insurers and utility leaders weigh in on the changing approaches to risk management and how increased risk is affecting utility insurance coverage and rates.
In a recent letter to lawmakers in New Mexico, commissioners with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) said that the New Mexico Legislature, and not the PRC, is the proper body to conduct a study that would evaluate shifting the state’s electric sector to public power.
The Electric Utility Board for Texas public power utility Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L) on Feb. 15 voted in favor of transitioning LP&L to the competitive electric market in Texas, paving the way for Lubbock to once again have retail electric competition.