The Florida Municipal Power Agency recently hosted Department of Energy Deputy Secretary James Danly and Rebecca Michael, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Energy Infrastructure Security at Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, at the Sand Lake Energy Center in Florida.

After successful efforts to reduce speculation from the public power utility’s power “queue” -- or waiting list for connection -- Grant PUD’s Large Power Solutions group is working to reconcile transmission capacity, in collaboration with the PUD’s Transmission Planning group, after "cleansing" the queue.

Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR) on Feb. 25 received the American Public Power Association’s Public Service Award at APPA’s Legislative Rally in Washington, D.C. Westerman was honored by APPA for exceptional leadership on issues of importance to public power -- particularly in his vital role as chairman

Clean energy resources funded through a new agreement tied to a data center in Minnesota include a 300-megawatt iron-air battery system installation.