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.

In the wake of severe storms that recently hit parts of Michigan, several public power utilities rallied to help each other with power restoration efforts.

The City of Garland and Garland Power & Light (GP&L) have earned positive bond ratings from multiple agencies. Fitch Ratings has assigned an AAA rating to the City of Garland’s $16.7 million combination tax and revenue certificates of obligation, series 2020, which is the highest bond rating