The Bonneville Power Administration's third quarter financial report indicates the agency's fiscal position remains positive.
Texas public power utility New Braunfels Utilities has appointed Jessica Williams as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective Aug. 11, 2025.
Oregon public power utilities Emerald PUD and the Eugene Water and Electric Board, along with Oregon electric cooperative Lane Electric, have been collaborating to develop simple, common terminology related to wildfires. The three utilities are looking to reduce public confusion during fire weather events.
This paper discusses the need, the cost, and the value of stopping wildfires before they start using real-time monitoring and analytics to reduce risk, improve reliability, and save lives.
Utilities face several challenges as they address an increasing number of outages. About 83% of major U.S. power outages between 2000 and 2021 were driven by weather-related events, according to Climate Central. As customers grapple with these rising power interruptions, 65% report that they’re frustrated with utilities’ impersonal communications. However, utilities can now address this communications challenge by taking advantage of AI. Rather than simply reacting to outages as they happen, power providers can embrace intelligent, customized, and proactive messaging that humanizes these crises for their customers.
The White House Office of Management and Budget Office’s (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) on August 11 posted a notification on its regulatory dashboard that the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has sent a draft final repeal rule entitled, “Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations,” to OIRA for interagency review.