The House of Representatives recently approved by voice vote H.R. 1001, legislation providing for a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to address diminishing hydropower production at the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona.

The Turlock Irrigation District, a California public power utility, has signed an implementation agreement to join the Extended Day-Ahead Market, which the California Independent System Operator is launching next spring, CAISO said on May 19.

New Mexico investor-owned utility TXNM Energy on May 19 announced an agreement under which Blackstone Infrastructure will acquire TXNM Energy for $61.25 per share in cash upon closing, reflecting a total enterprise value of $11.5 billion, including net debt (excluding securitization debt) and preferred stock.

City Utilities of Springfield, Mo., has launched CU Peak Rewards, a new voluntary program designed to reduce electric usage during peak times, such as periods of extreme weather.

The American Public Power Association on May 12 filed joint comments with the American Public Gas Association and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in response to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) notice and request for information on ideas for deregulation.

As Ryan Kornegay, an apprentice with Florida public power utility JEA, prepares to take the next step in his career and become a JEA lineworker, his choice of profession flows from a family with a long history in lineworking. Kornegay has won APPA’s Overall Apprentice Award at the Lineworkers Rodeo