Generation
In a recent podcast episode, Troy Adams, CEO and General Manager of Wisconsin public power utility Manitowoc Public Utilities, and Tyler Vorpagel from Municipal Electric Utilities of Wisconsin, discuss MPU’s Refuel Renewable Project.
Customer Service
Public power utilities across the U.S. earned high marks in the latest J.D. Power rankings for residential customer electric service.
Generation
Illinois utility Commonwealth Edison recently announced the first set of new Transmission Security Agreements (TSAs) “designed to protect customers and ensure fairness in the cost of connecting and providing transmission service to new large loads requesting service from the grid.”

3-phase transformers serve essential customers such as hospitals, factories, agriculture and data centers and are often the most expensive asset in the distribution system. They are part of the invisible grid, often below grade or in vaults. 

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Community Engagement
In an interview with APPA, David Reyes, General Manager of Pasadena Water and Power in California, provides details on the installation of a utility scale battery energy storage system and discusses the utility’s community engagement efforts including an interactive community open house held by PWP.
Generation
The New York Power Authority on Jan. 7 announced a robust response to solicitations issued in October 2025 seeking potential host communities and development partners as part of an initiative to develop advanced nuclear power.