The New York Power Authority is partnering with the City of Utica to install energy-efficient LED streetlights throughout the City of Utica, N.Y., as part of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Smart Street Lighting NY program. The energy efficiency project will save the city more than $1.5 million annually and

California community choice aggregator Sonoma Clean Power (SCP) has developed a program under which commercial customers can receive a complimentary backup energy audit.

The city of Alameda, California’s Public Utilities Board (PUB) recently approved Alameda Municipal Power’s (AMP) budget of approximately $65 million with no rate increases for customers.

Cyber criminals are now testing and attacking utility operations, threatening to hijack critical functions that control the production and distribution of electric power.

For the first time, California public power utility SMUD has found an innovative ally in its fire risk reduction efforts – goats. SMUD has contracted with a company to supply nearly 400 goats that are reducing vegetation along its transmission line corridors in Sacramento County.

The American Public Power Association is urging its member utilities to reach out to their congressional delegation this week in support of legislation that would provide direct COVID-19 pandemic-related aid for public power utilities.