The City of Palo Alto, California, a public power community, on Sept. 15 approved a battery storage project contract involving the city’s utility.

The American Public Power Association is offering its member utilities a wide variety of resources to help them highlight and celebrate Public Power Week 2025, which is October 5-11.

The City Council of Norwich, Connecticut, recently approved the issuance of $150 million of revenue bonds for electric capital projects that will be pursued by Norwich Public Utilities, a public power utility.

Tom Dankert will be taking the lead at Minnesota public power utility Austin Utilities on October 6. Mark Nibaur, Austin Utilities General Manager for the last 15 years, retired on September 18.

BrightRidge and the Tennessee Valley Authority have marked the fifth anniversary of their Home Uplift partnership, a program that has brought home energy enhancements to hundreds of lower income BrightRidge homeowners.

The PJM Interconnection marked the completion of Transition Cycle 1 Interconnection Studies Friday, sending out draft agreements for 130 New Service Requests to be completed or withdrawn by year’s end. This marks another milestone in PJM clearing its transition backlog, as only Transition Cycle 2