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Community Engagement
Alongside customers, community partners, and state and federal representatives, Washington State’s Mason County PUD No. 1 recently celebrated the completion of its new Manzanita Campus.
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Customer Service
Five years ago, Imperial Irrigation District (IID) relied primarily on social media to communicate outage information—without a way to reach customers directly. All that changed in 2021 when IID tapped Arcos TextPower, implementing a messaging system in two phases.
GE Vernova and Hitachi small modular reactor project site design visualization
Generation
The state of advanced nuclear technologies and what it means for public power planning in the near future.
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Electricity Markets
The U.S. Senate on May 18 confirmed David LaCerte for a second term as Commissioner at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, extending his appointment until June 30, 2031.
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Reliability
The U.S. Department of Energy on May 18 issued an emergency order authorizing the PJM Interconnection to deploy backup generation resources at data centers and other major facilities.
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TS Conductor recently announced the opening and start of operations at its newest manufacturing plant in Hardeeville, South Carolina.
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The following is a transcript of the April 27, 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
Firefighters in Cartersville, Georgia at a substation training by MEAG Power
Security
Why MEAG Power is training law enforcement and other first responders across its participant communities in Georgia on substation safety.
Austin Energy lineworkers setting up a new electrical pole
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The many facets of responsiveness – and how public power’s accountability to the communities they serve drives what they do.
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Distributed Energy Resources
Santee Cooper has issued its 2026 Solar Request for Proposals (RFP), inviting qualified solar developers to submit proposals for new utility-scaled photovoltaic projects to be added across its service territory through 2030.