City of Edmond, Okla., utility customers will have at their disposal a versatile tool that will help them better track and manage their utility usage as well as allow the city’s utilities to provide enhanced services and programs, the city said on April 22.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has released an open-source pumped storage hydropower cost model tool that estimates how much new PSH projects might cost based on specific site specifications like geography, terrain, construction materials, and more.

Fitch Ratings has affirmed both the Issuer Default Rating and the rating on Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority’s outstanding $459.9 million of outstanding power supply system revenue bonds at “A.” The Rating Outlook is Stable.

President Biden on April 30 signed a National Security Memorandum to secure and enhance the resilience of U.S. critical infrastructure. The NSM will replace a decade-old presidential policy document on critical infrastructure protection and launch a comprehensive effort to protect U.S. infrastructure against all threats and hazards, current and future.

The White House Council on Environmental Quality on April 30 finalized a rule to reform, simplify, and modernize the federal environmental review process under the National Environmental Policy Act.

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has started publishing a newsletter designed to keep critical infrastructure stakeholders and key partners informed of planning efforts underway to update the National Cyber Incident Response Plan 2024.