Massachusetts public power utility Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant (AMLP) has been recognized by the state of Massachusetts for its decarbonization and clean energy efforts.

A quick look at advanced meter deployments by type of utility over the past decade.

The Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) has retired its last coal-fired power plant, which the public power utility said makes it the largest utility in Michigan to generate coal-free power by 2022.

In a recent interview with Public Power Current, Rory Weis, General Manager of Iowa public power utility Denison Municipal Utilities (DMU), and Electric Manager Mike Wight, detailed how the utility is responding to delays for acquiring transformers due to ongoing supply chain challenges.

LUMA Energy recently announced the launch of Puerto Rico’s federally funded Substation Modernization Initiative (SMI) with the modernization and reconstruction of the Manatí Substation in the municipality of Manatí.

The Department of Energy (DOE) should use Defense Production Act (DPA) authorities to prioritize distribution transformers, large power transformers, and other critical grid components ahead of other technologies, and it should act quickly to alleviate the most acute supply chain challenge with distribution transformers, the American Public Power Association (APPA), the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), said in joint comments submitted to DOE on Nov. 30.