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.

A new American Public Power Association-funded study has brought small- and medium-size utilities one step closer to confidently offering and purchasing renewable energy products on wholesale power markets.

Ann Arbor, Michigan’s City Council on Jan. 18 unanimously adopted a resolution initiating a feasibility study for a public power utility.