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The Board of Commissioners of the Michigan Public Power Agency on June 17 announced that Patrick Bowland, Chief Executive Officer & General Manager, plans to retire in spring 2027 after more than eleven years of distinguished leadership of the organization.
Constellation on June 26 said it has filed license renewal applications with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to extend the operations of Ginna Clean Energy Center and Nine Mile Point Unit 1 reactors in upstate New York to 2049.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on June 26 issued an emergency order that directs Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Platte River Power Authority, Salt River Project, PacifiCorp, and Public Service Company of Colorado, to take all measures necessary to ensure that Craig Unit 1 is available to operate at the direction of the Southwest Power Pool.
The City of Riverside, California's biggest addition to the Public Benefit programs offered by Riverside Public Utilities in roughly 30 years will provide RPU electric customers with options to save money, be more energy efficient, increase the resiliency of their properties, and improve community
While public power utilities are on the frontlines “of an enormous evolution, if not revolution, in our industry,” they remain independent, locally governed and locally managed, and the most reliable and affordable electric systems in the nation, said Scott Corwin, President and CEO of the American Public Power Association on June 29 in remarks made at APPA’s National Conference in Boston, Mass.
As part of its ongoing commitment to infrastructure modernization, Mississippi public power utility Starkville Utilities began a major pole replacement project in June.
Lincoln Electric System has issued a request for information related to wind and/or solar projects that could potentially leverage outgoing federal tax credits if contracted through a power purchase agreement with a proven developer.
With wildfire season now underway, California public power utility Truckee Donner Public Utility District is urging customers to prepare for the possibility of prolonged power outages.
The House on June 29 passed by voice vote H.R. 7266, the Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Act.
The following is a transcript of the May 18, 2026, episode of Public Power Now. Learn more about subscribing to Public Power Now at Publicpower.org/Podcasts. Some quotes may have been edited for clarity. Paul Ciampoli Welcome to the latest episode of Public Power Now. I'm Paul Ciampoli, APPA's news