Participants going through the Safe Haven grid exercise in November 2025
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The importance of having a detailed emergency action plan — and how new templates from APPA can help utilities build their plans to improve emergency response.
hydro
Generation
President Trump on May 11 signed the bipartisan S. 1020, the “Build More Hydro Act,” into law.
transmission lines
Grid Modernization
The American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Development program has approved $78,000 for 21 scholarship and internship projects that will help build member utility capacity in critical areas like engineering, safety, cybersecurity, and data analytics.
Transmission towers
Electricity Markets
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on July 23 will convene a technical conference to discuss the PJM Interconnection’s governance and stakeholder process.
epa
Generation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on May 11 proposed a rule that would narrow when new source review (NSR) preconstruction permitting obligations attach for new major stationary sources and major modifications at an existing major source. The proposal would allow certain on-site work on non
transmission lines
Generation
VoltaGrid on May 11 announced that it has signed agreements for a $1 billion strategic equity investment from funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and Halliburton Co.
data cubes
Generation
A new white paper aims to help regulators, utilities, consumer advocates, policymakers, and large electricity customers address the question of how new large loads will affect electricity rates for existing customers as utilities face an unprecedented wave of large load requests driven by data centers, electric vehicle fleets, and advanced manufacturing.
Description
PROPOSAL NOTICE The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority is soliciting proposals for the following: PR-08-26 Christiansted Street Lighting Project RFP Documents pertaining to the proposal will be emailed. If interested in receiving a proposal package, please email Nicole Aubain or Joselyn Joseph
bill
Bills and Rates
Memphis Light, Gas and Water, in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority, will integrate its Share the Pennies program with TVA’s Home Uplift initiative to better serve income-eligible customers with energy-efficiency improvements.
microgrid
Reliability
The Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership (C MAP), led by the Department of Energy's Office of Electricity, on May 12 announced a new funding opportunity offering up to $2.5 million in direct project support and approximately $1 million in technical assistance to build or enhance microgrids