At a meeting held during its annual conference in Palm Beach, the Florida Municipal Electric Association elected a new slate of officers to preside over the organization’s board of directors.

A July 31 windstorm with gusts up 100 miles per hour resulted in the largest outage event in the Omaha Public Power District’s recorded history. By the end of the week, OPPD and other utilities providing mutual aid had made significant power restoration progress.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on July 31 passed a permitting reform bill authored by Committee Chairman Joe Manchin (I-WV) and Ranking Member John Barrasso (R-WY).

The U.S. Department of Energy will enter into realty negotiations with Hecate Energy LLC for a solar project capable of delivering up to one-gigawatt of clean energy within an 8,000-acre area of DOE owned land at the Hanford Site in Washington State.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) recently vowed to strongly defend tax-exempt financing in 2025, when Congress is expected to debate nearly $8 trillion in tax policy decisions.

Electric utilities in the U.S. are increasingly utilizing artificial intelligence to track and rapidly respond to wildfires.