Energy Efficiency
BrightRidge and the Tennessee Valley Authority have marked the fifth anniversary of their Home Uplift partnership, a program that has brought home energy enhancements to hundreds of lower income BrightRidge homeowners.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Community Engagement
Great Lakes Utilities recently announced that Rice Lake Utilities and Gresham Municipal Utilities have joined as their newest members.