Workforce
Tom Dankert will be taking the lead at Minnesota public power utility Austin Utilities on October 6. Mark Nibaur, Austin Utilities General Manager for the last 15 years, retired on September 18.
Bonds and Financing
The City Council of Norwich, Connecticut, recently approved the issuance of $150 million of revenue bonds for electric capital projects that will be pursued by Norwich Public Utilities, a public power utility.
Generation
OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank on Sept. 23 announced five new U.S. AI data center sites under Stargate, OpenAI’s overarching AI infrastructure platform.
Electricity Markets
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. on Sept. 23 unveiled a new Grid Research, Innovation, and Transformation initiative that it said will advance research and prototyping of emerging concepts and solutions to deeply understand the implications of rapid grid and technology evolution
Workforce
For the third year in a row, Florida public power utility Kissimmee Utility Authority received a Top Workplaces award by the Orlando Sentinel’s 2025 Top Workplaces program.
Energy Storage
The City of Palo Alto, California, a public power community, on Sept. 15 approved a battery storage project contract involving the city’s utility.
Energy Storage
OCI Energy recently announced the successful closing of construction financing for Project Alamo City, a flagship battery energy storage system currently under development in Bexar County, Texas.
Community Engagement
The American Public Power Association is offering its member utilities a wide variety of resources to help them highlight and celebrate Public Power Week 2025, which is October 5-11.
Reliability
The following is a transcript of the August 4, 2025, 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
Community Engagement
The following is a transcript of the July 7, 2025, 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 News