The Truckee Donner Public Utility District, a California public power utility, recently launched a community-focused educational campaign that highlights the unique characteristics of the region's water source and the infrastructure that delivers it to homes and businesses.

X-energy Reactor Company LLC, Amazon, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corporation and Doosan Enerbility on Aug. 25 announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the deployment of Xe-100 fourth generation advanced small modular reactors and TRISO-X fuel in the U.S. to meet growing power demands from data centers and artificial intelligence.

The Utah Office of Energy Development (OED), TerraPower and Flagship Companies announced on Aug. 25 the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the potential siting of a Natrium® reactor and energy storage plant in Utah.

Electric Cities of Georgia hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its new ECG Training Institute location on August 27 in the Indian Springs Business Park in Forsyth, Georgia.

ElectriCities of North Carolina Inc. recently presented 23 communities with Public Power Awards of Excellence at the 2025 ElectriCities Annual Conference held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. This represents a record number of communities recognized for excellence, it said on Aug. 26.

These days, energy sector headlines involving artificial intelligence are focused on how utilities can meet the significant power demand of data centers, but perhaps lost in the shuffle is how AI is being applied to the building sector to boost energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.