SPONSORED ADVERTISING FEATURE College Station Utilities, which serves College Station community members, has seen higher customer satisfaction since implementing text messaging. Customers benefit from the utility’s communication about outages, both planned and unplanned, through TextPower, an ARCOS

Recent tariff policies in the U.S. are set to increase the cost of power generation technologies, with energy storage seeing the biggest hike due to its dependence on Chinese imports, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Elementl Power have teamed up to advance a data-driven siting approach for advanced nuclear projects, the Department of Energy said on May 22.

The City Council of Oakdale, Calif., recently voted in favor of the city reaching out to consulting firms for proposals to conduct a feasibility study that would examine the consolidation of the city’s electric service under the Modesto Irrigation District, a public power utility.

The New York Independent System Operator on June 2 released “Power Trends 2025,” the grid operator’s annual state of the grid and markets report.

The following is a transcript of the May 19, 2025, episode of Public Power Now. Learn more about subscribing to Public Power Now at Publicpower.org/Podcasts. Some quotes may have been edited for clarity. Paul Ciampoli Welcome to the latest episode of Public Power Now. I'm Paul Ciampoli, APPA’s News