Mason County PUD No. 3 recently provided an update on its Belfair electrical upgrade project to increase resiliency, reliability, and capacity for North Mason, Washington, customers.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality State Energy Office is investing $5 million in permanent and mobile microgrids that will provide accessible power in the wake of future weather disasters, it said on Aug. 12.

Hope Utilities on Aug. 14 announced an agreement to construct a natural gas pipeline to supply a fuel cell project being developed by American Electric Power to power a data center in central Ohio.

Minnesota public power utility Rochester Public Utilities, with full support from the RPU Board, has engaged GreatBlue Research to conduct a customer survey aimed at guiding key decisions that will shape the future of local utility services.

Arizona public power utility Salt River Project recently donated 175 life jackets to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Lake Patrol for distribution across the county’s five lakes.

The Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) and the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) on Aug. 12 announced a strategic curriculum-focused partnership to address workforce development needs in the energy sector.