Community Engagement
In a recent interview with APPA, Tim Haines, general manager of California public power utility Alameda Municipal Power, details the utility’s community engagement efforts and discusses the steps the utility has taken to achieve 100% clean energy since 2020.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
This report gives an overview of the various considerations and aspects of hardening grid infrastructure against extreme weather events. The report also includes five case studies that review how public...
Environment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on July 29 announced that the agency will begin a formal reconsideration of the 2009 Endangerment Finding, including reconsidering all of EPA’s regulations and actions that rely on the Endangerment Finding.
Electricity Markets
The governors of states in the PJM Interconnection recently announced that they will join together to host a one-day technical conference in Philadelphia on September 23, 2025, “to explore options to protect electricity consumers in their states,” a news release from New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said.
Community Engagement
The Imperial Irrigation District, a California public power utility, recently announced the award of more than $1.1 million in grants to 20 local educational institutions through its new Grants for Energy Modernization in Schools (GEMS) program.
Distributed Energy Resources
The New York Power Authority on July 29 published a draft of its Updated Strategic Plan, which details the Power Authority’s efforts to develop, own and operate renewable generation and energy storage projects to improve the reliability and resiliency of New York’s grid.