The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority officially began supplying wholesale electricity to the City of Lindsay on June 1, 2025, following the city’s recent decision to join the growing list of municipally owned utilities served by OMPA.

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U.S. Representatives and Senators recently sent letters in support of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to committee leaders in both the House and Senate.

The American Public Power Association recently held a public power Mutual Aid Committee Exercise that was sponsored by the Department of Energy.

The Department of Energy on May 30 issued an emergency order directing the PJM Interconnection, in coordination with Constellation Energy, to ensure certain generation units at the Eddystone Generation Station in Pennsylvania remain available for operation.

Texas public power utility CPS Energy has completed preparedness activities as part of requirements for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the utility said on May 30.