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Transmission
It is crucial for trade groups representing public power, investor-owned utilities and rural cooperatives to collaborate to advance permitting reform, Scott Corwin, President and CEO of the American Public Power Association.
coal fired power plant
Reliability
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright issued an emergency order directing the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, in coordination with Consumers Energy, to ensure that the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Michigan, remains available this summer.
Timeline showing the seasonal risk of tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, wildfires, and floods
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
A visual overview of when utilities are most likely to face extreme weather events and how risks are changing.
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Reliability
With a central Massachusetts territory that’s heavily wooded, Littleton Electric Light and Water Department (LELWD) needed to find ways to ensure that storms wouldn’t cause outages when trees fell on overhead cables.
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Security
How public power utilities can get involved with the Cyber Mutual Assistance program, which offers support and information on utility cyber incidents.
transmission towers
Generation
ElectriCities of North Carolina on May 20 announced that the North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Number 1 (NCMPA1) extended its power supply contracts through 2043.