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Generation
The Midcontinent ISO is accelerating its efforts to help bring new generation online quickly with the fifth cycle of projects to be evaluated under the Expedited Resource Addition Study (ERAS) process, it said on Sept. 8.
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Electricity Markets
The Bonneville Power Administration’s newly appointed Administrator and CEO Travis Kavulla recently issued a letter and an accompanying statement of principles related to the governance of Western electricity markets on behalf of BPA.
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Customer Service
The use of texting has boosted the ability of Massachusetts public power utility South Hadley Electric Light to connect with its customers.
SmartDocs is exhibiting at Booth #14 at the 2026 APPA Business & Financial Conference (Sept 13–16, San Antonio, TX), showcasing its AI-powered Source-to-Pay platform for public power utilities. The platform covers Solicitation, Procurement, Supplier, Cont.
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Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers released a pre-publication of their Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) to revise the definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS). The SNPRM accompanies the November 2025 WOTUS proposal and provides additional
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Reliability
President Trump recently signed into law, H.R. 6500, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027, which will provide stopgap spending when the new fiscal year begins on October 1.