The application deadline for Cycle No. 1 of PJM’s reformed interconnection process will be April 27, 2026, PJM announced Aug. 22.

Utilities face several challenges as they address an increasing number of outages. About 83% of major U.S. power outages between 2000 and 2021 were driven by weather-related events, according to Climate Central. As customers grapple with these rising power interruptions, 65% report that they’re frustrated with utilities’ impersonal communications. However, utilities can now address this communications challenge by taking advantage of AI. Rather than simply reacting to outages as they happen, power providers can embrace intelligent, customized, and proactive messaging that humanizes these crises for their customers.

Aalo Atomics broke ground to start construction on Aalo-X, the first experimental extra modular nuclear reactor (XMR).

The Piqua Power System in Ohio recently completed its annual pole top and bucket rescue training in partnership with American Municipal Power, Inc.

The City of Santa Clara, California, has collaborated with MidPen Housing, a regional non-profit affordable housing developer, owner, and manager, to bring energy efficiency improvements to Riverwood Grove apartments, a 71-unit affordable housing complex in Santa Clara.

Oregon public power utility Eugene Water and Electric Board successfully completed major habitat improvement work on the upper McKenzie River as part of the 2016 settlement agreement for relicensing the Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Project.