South Carolina’s Piedmont Municipal Power Agency recently announced the appointment of Joel Ledbetter as its new general manager. He will be assuming the position after Andy Butcher’s departure at the end of June.
Clean energy microgrids offer a better and cheaper solution for protecting California communities from wildfire-related outages, compared to conventional microgrids, An international team led by research scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found.
Staff from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation on June 15 made a presentation at FERC’s monthly meeting on the preliminary conclusions from their ongoing inquiry into bulk power system operations during the Winter Storm Elliott event in December 2022.
Seattle, Washington, June 20, 2023 — Twenty individuals and eight utilities were recognized for service to the American Public Power Association and the public power industry during APPA’s National Conference...
The Florida Municipal Electric Association coordinated mutual aid efforts for the Florida public power communities of Tallahassee and Chattahoochee after storms caused power outages in the cities.
Fitch Ratings recently upgraded Bryan Texas Utilities’ financial outlook from stable to positive while affirming the AA- rating for both the city and rural electric systems.