Reliability
How public power utilities are building and updating infrastructure to support local grids that can better withstand intense natural forces, uncertainty in energy costs, and adoption of new technology.
Customer Service
For water and electric utilities, it is critical to communicate with customers about potential leaks, rate changes and outages. Speed and clarity are essential to ensuring water is not wasted and customers know about outages. This boosts customer satisfaction. The use of texting by the City of Bryan, Texas, and Bryan Texas Utilities has yielded a wide range of benefits.
Distributed Energy Resources
The Board of Directors for Minnesota public power utility Rochester Public Utilities has passed a resolution reaffirming its commitment to achieve 100% net renewable electricity by 2030.
Workforce
New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced $16 million in state funds to support the development of New York’s clean energy workforce.
Electricity Markets
With none of 12 annual appropriations bills signed into law and discussions of a stopgap spending bill at a stalemate, some federal offices will have closed starting Oct. 1, the beginning of the new fiscal year.
Generation
The Tennessee Valley Authority has named Matt Rasmussen as its new Chief Nuclear Officer, succeeding Tim Rausch, who is retiring after a distinguished 40-year career in the nuclear industry.
Bonds and Financing
Guidance relating to the Tax Code section 45U existing nuclear tax credit and to Tax Code sections 7701(a)(51) and (52) regarding prohibited foreign entity and material assistance restrictions for energy tax credits were among the 105 projects listed in the U.S. Department of Treasury “2025-2026 Priority Guidance Plan” released Sept. 30.
Generation
With the right strategies, data centers can transition from being passive loads to dynamic resources that actively support the grid, a recent GridBeyond white paper says.
Bills and Rates
Get market context and background information on data centers, considerations and strategies for serving data center customers, and examples of how public power is working to support data centers in...
Security
How public power practices emergency response and other scenarios and what participating in exercises does to enhance grid security.