The rebuild of Oregon public power utility Eugene Water & Electric Board’s Currin Substation is almost complete, marking a significant milestone in EWEB’s investment in major infrastructure modernizations, the utility reported in late July.

In a recent Q&A with Public Power Current, Troy Adams, general manager for Wisconsin Public Power utility Manitowoc Public Utilities, detailed how a power plant boiler refueling project being pursued by the utility offers a variety of benefits for Manitowoc Public Utilities.

U.S. power plant operators generated 6.9 million megawatthours of electricity from natural gas on a daily basis in the Lower 48 states on July 9, “probably the most in history and certainly since at least January 1, 2019, when we began to collect hourly data about natural gas generation,” the Energy Information Administration reported.

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is accepting proposals for the supply of renewable energy supplies and stand-alone energy storage for its CleanPowerSF program.

The PJM Interconnection has cleared 204 generation projects to the second phase of its new interconnection process, designed to study 72,000 MW of mostly renewable or hybrid resources by the third quarter of 2025, it said on Aug. 6

In less than 36 hours since landfall, Florida public power utilities have restored power to nearly all customers impacted by Hurricane Debby, Amy Zubaly, Executive Director, Florida Municipal Electric Association, said on Aug. 6.