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Generation
U.S. data center power demand is expected to climb from 31 gigawatts in 2025 to 41 GW in 2026 and 66 GW the year after, Goldman Sachs analysts recently said.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Utility professionals from across the Northeast region this month gathered at the Northeast Public Power Association Training Center for NEPPA’s 2026 Mutual Aid Disaster Exercise.
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Generation
Washington State-based Avista on June 12 announced that it is taking additional time to evaluate the processing of energy requests from new large data center developers.
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Reliability
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on June 12 issued an emergency order that directs TransAlta Centralia Generation to ensure that Unit 2 of the Centralia Generating Station in Centralia, Washington, a coal-fired power plant, remains available to operate.
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Bonds and Financing
The American Public Power Association recently asked the Internal Revenue Service for clarifying guidance related to new foreign prohibited entity rules that may limit the ability of public power utilities to claim energy tax credits.
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Southern California Public Power Authority announced the appointment of Mandip Samra as its new Board President. Samra currently serves as General Manager of Burbank Water and Power, a role she assumed in May 2024.
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Security
Florida public power utility Keys Energy Services, NXT GEN Technologies, and Cyber Florida at USF:The Florida Center for Cybersecurity recently co-hosted the 2026 Keys Cyber Games.
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Energy Storage
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project and Aypa Power on June 16 announced that Pediment Battery Energy Storage System, a 250-megawatt/1,000-megawatt-hour project, located in the Elliot Road Technology Corridor in Mesa, Arizona, is now online and serving customers.
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Energy Storage
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project and Aypa Power on June 16 announced that Pediment Battery Energy Storage System, a 250-megawatt/1,000-megawatt-hour project, located in the Elliot Road Technology Corridor in Mesa, Arizona, is now online and serving customers.
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Transmission
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on June 16 announced that the 339-mile Champlain Hudson Power Express, one of New York’s largest transmission infrastructure projects in 50 years, can now deliver energy from Canada directly to New York City.