Environment
Tacoma Public Utilities in Washington State recently purchased approximately 579 acres in the Green River Watershed from BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group to protect the water supply and conserve the land.
Community Engagement
American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) on Nov. 13 announced the launch of its official podcast, The Public Power Line, which explores the issues and topics most important to AMP members and public power through conversations with Member officials, AMP employees and industry experts.
Community Engagement
The Guam Power Authority (GPA) successfully wrapped up its 2025 Public Power Week (PPW) community donation drives, closing out a month-long effort to collect food and shoes for local nonprofit partners supporting Guam’s most vulnerable families and children.
Generation
Blackstone, through funds affiliated with Blackstone Energy Transition Partners, on Nov. 13 announced a $1.2 billion investment to build Wolf Summit Energy, a fully contracted, 600-megawatt greenfield combined-cycle gas turbine power generation facility in Harrison County, West Virginia.
Reliability
Iowa public power utility Spencer Municipal Utilities recently provided an update on work related to a transmission line project that will boost reliability. “Over the last few weeks, SMU has had contractors working in our community updating a transmission line that is one of our main feeds to bring
Generation
Working natural gas in storage in the Lower 48 states ended the natural gas refill season (April 1–October 31) with more than 3,900 billion cubic feet (Bcf), according to estimates based on data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report released on November 6.
Security
A short-term extension of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) to January 30 is included in H.R. 5371, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026, which was recently signed into law by President Trump.
Generation
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas recently announced that it is partnering with the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) to develop detailed generic dynamic models of large loads -- such as data centers, crypto, and electrolyzers -- and how these loads change their power output
Customer Service
College Station Utilities, which serves College Station community members, has seen higher customer satisfaction since implementing text messaging.
Community Engagement
The Florida Municipal Power Agency recently hosted a donation drive for non-perishable food items, snacks, and personal hygiene items for UCP of Central Florida.