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Reliability
More than 2,000 customers of City Utilities of Springfield, Mo., helped reduce electricity use across Springfield during the first Peak Rewards event of the summer on June 30.
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Electricity Markets
The PJM Interconnection has issued a Hot Weather Alert for the entire region PJM serves for July 14 and 15 ahead of expected 90-plus-degree weather.
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Generation
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. and its subsidiary, Peninsula Pipeline Company, on July 13 announced the Florida Energy Pathway, a new intrastate natural gas infrastructure project in south Florida.
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Community Engagement
The Kissimmee Utility Authority board of directors approved a $328 million operating and capital budget for fiscal year 2027. The vote came after board discussions and a public hearing on the budget, the Florida public power utility recently said.
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Reliability
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) recently announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has allocated federal funding to benefit communities across western and northwestern Iowa including a number of public power communities.
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Reliability
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation recently filed a Wildfire Action Plan with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Seattle City Light staff speaking at a city council meeting.
Bills and Rates
How public power utilities are shaping data center policies and large load rates to balance economic development with community needs.
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Community Engagement
The following is a transcript of the June 22, 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
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Generation
The relative economics of existing generation have improved as rising new-build costs across all technologies, together with execution challenges tied to supply chains, inflation, tariffs, permitting and macroeconomic uncertainty, have made replacement capacity more expensive and difficult to deliver, Lazard said in the 19th edition of its Levelized Cost of Energy+ (LCOE+) report.
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Generation
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on July 14 signed an Executive Order to create the nation’s first moratorium on new hyperscale data centers, “establishing the strongest standards for data center development and creating a blueprint to support localities,” her office said.