General Motors Co. on Jan. 25 announced an investment of more than $7 billion in four Michigan manufacturing sites including construction of a new battery cell plant in the public power community of Lansing, Mich., as well as two Lansing-area vehicle assembly plants to upgrade their production capabilities for near-term products.

Platte River Power Authority, Xcel Energy-Colorado and Black Hills Colorado Electric on Jan. 25 announced plans today to join the Western Energy Imbalance Service (WEIS) Market, operated by the Southwest Power Pool (SPP).

The City of New Bern, a public power community in North Carolina, made a new hire to their engineering team this month -- but even as a new employee fresh from graduate school, Amitosh “Tosh” Banerjee does not need an office tour, and already knows his colleagues.

Officials from California public power utility SMUD on Jan. 24 were joined by regional leaders for a ribbon-cutting of SMUD’s first utility-scale storage battery project.

The City of Beatrice, Nebraska, has signed a contract with Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) to manage the level of wholesale power the city gets from a southern Nebraska wind farm.

Panelists appearing at a recent Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing detailed the key role that hydropower plays in the nation’s power supply mix and outlined actions that lawmakers could take to support hydropower going forward.