SMUD Chief Executive Officer & General Manager Paul Lau is retiring after almost 45 years at SMUD, the California public power utility reported on Jan. 9.

Randy Howard, executive director of the Northern California Power Agency, and Travas Deal, CEO of Colorado Springs Utilities, on Jan. 8 testified before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries at a hearing to discuss federal wildfire policy, including the Fix Our Forests Act.

Meta Platforms on Jan. 9 unveiled a series of nuclear energy agreements tied to the development of new nuclear generation and uprates at existing nuclear plants.

The Chester Municipal Electric Light Department (CMELD), serving approximately 700 customers in the community of Chester, Massachusetts, has joined the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) as a member.

The PJM Interconnection made its final presentation of recommended transmission projects to reinforce the reliability of the electric grid during a Jan. 6 meeting of PJM’s Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee.

In a recent podcast episode, Troy Adams, CEO and General Manager of Wisconsin public power utility Manitowoc Public Utilities, and Tyler Vorpagel from Municipal Electric Utilities of Wisconsin, discuss MPU’s Refuel Renewable Project.