The Energy Authority (TEA) and Grant County Public Utility District (Grant PUD) announced that Grant PUD’s Commission and TEA’s Board have approved Grant PUD’s Membership in TEA, effective April 1, 2026. This makes Grant PUD TEA’s seventh Member.
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Electricity Markets
The Energy Authority (TEA) and the Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Wash., on Feb. 18 announced that TEA’s Board of Directors and Grant PUD’s Commission have approved Grant PUD’s membership in TEA, deepening the organizations’ strategic relationship and expanding TEA’s Member footprint to be nationwide.
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Environment
In an interview with the American Public Power Association, Jeff Shaver, Investment Recovery Analyst at Arizona public power utility Salt River Project, details how SRP is recycling old power lines and giving new life to previously unrecyclable material, as well as how those efforts create benefits for the environment and SRP customers.
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Reliability
The largest indoor 500 kV gas-insulated substation in the United States is now energized at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s new Cumberland Combined Cycle Power Plant in Middle Tennessee.
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Electricity Markets
PacifiCorp on Feb. 17 announced it has entered into an agreement with Portland General Electric Company to sell its wind, natural gas generation and distribution assets and infrastructure in the state of Washington for $1.9 billion, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.
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Workforce
The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority on Feb. 17 announced that Brad Hans officially begins assuming duties as General Manager on February 23, 2026, ahead of Dave Osburn’s retirement on Feb. 26.