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Electricity Markets
Careful budgeting and disciplined spending resulted in total expenditures of $464.4 million in 2024 – only $2.9 million below that year’s original budget forecast, according to the latest figures recently shared with Grant PUD commissioners.
Reliability
As Austin experiences hotter summers, colder winters and more extreme weather, Austin Energy is working to incorporate the results of two independent studies focused on its 5,000 miles of overhead electrical distribution lines into a comprehensive reliability plan.
Generation
A new report released by the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project offers recommendations for utilities, states, and IT companies tied to the development of data centers.
Grid Modernization
Massachusetts public power utility Reading Municipal Light Department and Tantalus Systems, a smart grid technology company, recently announced their partnership to implement the RMLD Advanced Metering Infrastructure replacement program beginning in 2025.
Customer Service
Florida public power utility Orlando Utilities Commission has been recognized as a 2024 Customer Champion among U.S. energy providers, reaffirming its reputation as an industry leader, it recently said.
Generation
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) recently introduced the bipartisan Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act.
Reliability
The American Public Power Association has honored 255 public power utilities with a "Certificate of Excellence in Reliability" for reliable performance in 2024.
Delivering affordable and reliable power for all
Contact MediaRelations@PublicPower.org for more information. Roseville, California, March 29 — Ten journeyman teams and 11 individual apprentices won awards at the American Public Power Association’s twenty-third annual Public Power Lineworkers...
Energy Efficiency
Oregon public power utility Eugene Water and Electric Board and its customers could continue to partner to conserve energy and offset a large portion of forecasted growth in electricity demand over the next 20 years, according to a preliminary study recently detailed by the utility.