The Florida Municipal Electric Association on Jan. 20 announced its 2025 “Restoring Communities Awards,” which recognize Florida public power utilities for their exemplary power restoration efforts in their own communities or their mutual aid efforts outside of their home communities following severe weather events, non-weather-related emergencies and blue-sky day projects.

Heartland Energy will continue providing electric service to the city of Valentine, Nebraska, strengthening a partnership that began eight years ago when the city first sought a new power supplier.

Oregon public power utility Eugene Water & Electric Board and the University of Oregon (UO) are launching a pilot project to better understand if running UO’s on-site natural gas generator in the coldest winter months can bolster grid reliability when demand for energy across the region is high.

The Tennessee Valley Authority has welcomed four new members to its Board of Directors, it said on Jan. 12.

Grant County PUD Commissioners recently heard details related to the PUD researching natural gas power plants near the county’s major load centers -- areas of high energy demand, such as the wheeler corridor in Moses Lake and, potentially, Quincy.

The City of Gardner, Kansas, is making a significant investment in its future with the construction of a new utilities building that will bring all divisions of the Utilities Department under one roof, the Kansas Municipal Energy Agency/Kansas Municipal Gas Agency Q1 2026 Power Factor newsletter reports.