The Imperial Irrigation District’s (IID) Cook Street Substation project continues to move forward as the Palm Desert City Council has unanimously approved a cost-share agreement, reaching an important milestone that paves the way for growth and development in the region, the California public power utility reported.

Public power utilities on Jan. 26 reported that they are making progress in restoring power to customers who experienced outages due to Winter Storm Fern.

The Kansas City Board of Public Utilities announced the election of its Board officers for the upcoming term following its January 21, 2026, Board meeting.

Arizona public power utility Salt River Project (SRP) is making progress toward reaching its 2035 Sustainability Goals, which focus on reducing SRP’s carbon footprint, ensuring a resilient water supply, evolving SRP’s grid and customer energy solutions, promoting a sustainable supply chain, reducing waste and engaging the customers and communities SRP serves, it said on Jan. 15.

Crews from public power utilities were hard at work over the weekend restoring power to customers in the wake of Winter Storm Fern.

Members of the House have until January 27 to join in signing a letter in support of H.R. 4669, the Fixing Emergency Management for Americans (FEMA) Act of 2025.