Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Sept. 3 approved H.R. 4669, the Fixing Emergency Management for Americans (FEMA) Act of 2025.
Environment
The Imperial Irrigation District has formally backed California’s proposed Delta Conveyance Project, a plan to modernize the State Water Project and secure water supplies for seven out of ten Californians.
Transmission
The American Public Power Association on Sept. 2 joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 529 organizations in a letter to Congress calling for meaningful and bipartisan action on permitting reform.
Reliability
In a recent post on the public power utility’s website, Matt Lentsch, Executive Director of Development & Governmental Affairs for the City of Mishawaka, Indiana, highlights how the Mishawaka Utilities Electric Division’s (MUE) hard work and dedication maintains high levels of reliability for the city.
Workforce
Colin Selby has been named Deputy General Manager of Energy Resources at California public power utility Merced Irrigation District.
Community Engagement
Grant PUD Commissioners pitched in the first, ceremonial shovels full of dirt on Aug. 26 to break ground for Grant PUD’s new Ephrata Service Center, a major milestone that will prepare this 87-year-old public utility with the space, agility and facilities to safely and more efficiently respond to day-to-day operations, maintenance work, connection requests and emergent outages well into the future, the Washington State PUD reported.