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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid

A Risk for All Seasons

A visual overview of when utilities are most likely to face extreme weather events and how risks are changing.
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Reliability

Littleton Electric Light and Water Department Boosts Reliability With Strategic Overhead Design Strategies

With a central Massachusetts territory that’s heavily wooded, Littleton Electric Light and Water Department (LELWD) needed to find ways to ensure that storms wouldn’t cause outages when trees fell on overhead cables.
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Security

What Is Cyber Mutual Assistance?

How public power utilities can get involved with the Cyber Mutual Assistance program, which offers support and information on utility cyber incidents.
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Generation

ElectriCities of North Carolina Announces That North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Number 1 Extends Power Supply Contracts Through 2043

ElectriCities of North Carolina on May 20 announced that the North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Number 1 (NCMPA1) extended its power supply contracts through 2043.
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Energy Storage

Austin Energy Enters Agreement with Base Power to Deploy 40 MW of Residential Battery Storage

Austin Energy has entered into an agreement with Base Power to deploy 40 MW of residential battery storage across the utility’s service territory.
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Distributed Energy Resources

Santee Cooper Issues Request for Proposals for New Solar Energy Resources

Santee Cooper has issued its 2026 Solar Request for Proposals (RFP), inviting qualified solar developers to submit proposals for new utility-scaled photovoltaic projects to be added across its service territory through 2030.