Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren and Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA) General Manager Walter Haase recently met with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service Assistant Administrator Christopher McLean to discuss financing opportunities for critical infrastructure

The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) Board of Directors on March 17 approved a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement with the City of Coachella, California, establishing the Coachella Electric Financing Authority, a new partnership designed to support energy infrastructure investments that will strengthen electric service and accommodate continued growth in the City of Coachella.

Arizona's Salt River Project and Invenergy announced an agreement to add 200 megawatts (MW) of solar energy and 200 MW of 4-hour battery storage to the Valley’s grid.

California public power utility Truckee Donner Public Utility District was awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA).

Public power boroughs in Pennsylvania are included among the recipients of funds awarded by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to improve electric grid reliability and resiliency.