Community Engagement

New General Manager of the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities Details Open Access Fiber Network Project, Flex Rate Program

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Generation

Grant County PUD Details Efforts to Develop Integrated Resource Plan

Work is underway to create Grant County PUD’s next, state-mandated Integrated Resource Plan, which describes how the utility will meet customers’ demand for electricity from 2027 to 2046, while maintaining reliable service in compliance with the state’s clean-energy requirements at the lowest electric rates possible.
Generation

DOE Initiative Aims to Increase Nuclear Power Output Through Uprates and Restarts

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy is underway with a new effort that will use existing nuclear energy infrastructure to put more power on the grid, DOE said on March 12.
U.S. Capitol at night

APPA Urges Senate Action on Permitting Reform

Contact Tobias Sellier, Senior Director of Media Relations and Communications at MediaRelations@PublicPower.org Washington D.C., March 12, 2026—The American Public Power Association (APPA) is pleased to hear that permitting reform negotiations...
Reliability

House Agriculture Committee Passes Farm Bill with Wildfire Provisions

The House Committee on Agriculture recently passed H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026.
Reliability

APPA Urges Senate Action on Permitting Reform

The American Public Power Association on March 12 said it is pleased to hear that permitting reform negotiations have resumed in the Senate.

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Electricity Markets

FERC Accepts SPP Proposal to Streamline Regional Transmission Planning and Generator Interconnection Processes

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has accepted proposed tariff revisions submitted by the Southwest Power Pool to establish a Consolidated Planning Process framework to streamline its regional transmission planning and generator interconnection processes.