The Public Service Commission of Yazoo City in Mississippi announced the launch of its Employee Support Program, a new initiative aimed at providing financial assistance to customers who are experiencing hardship and struggling to pay their utility bills.

Less than a year after elevating the city's clean energy future with the launch of its innovative Solar Standard Offer, Texas public power utility Austin Energy unveiled details on the initiative’s first commercial project.

Wisconsin public power utility Kaukauna Utilities continues to make steady progress on its reverse osmosis water treatment project, it reported in November.

Holtec has been selected as a recipient of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Tier 1 “First Mover Team Support” award under the U.S. Government’s Generation III+ Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Pathway to Deployment Program, the company said on Dec. 2.

The American Public Power Association and several other trade associations recently submitted comments with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in support of a revised Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) reliability standard.

Washington State’s Snohomish County PUD recently hosted a Community Partner Coalition luncheon at its headquarters in Everett, Wash., to bring civic leaders together and discuss a wide range of topics including best practices for expanding partnerships through data sharing.