Bills and Rates

Gallatin Department of Electricity’s Mark Kimbell Details Substation Projects, Efforts to Keep Rates Low

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Bonds and Financing

Treasury Releases Wage and Apprenticeship Requirements for Energy Tax Credits

The U.S. Department of Treasury recently released a final rule on prevailing wage and registered apprenticeship requirements for purposes of energy tax credits as modified by the Inflation Reduction Act.
Distributed Energy Resources

Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska Facilitates Solar Projects for Communities

The Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska recently detailed how it is facilitating collaborative community solar energy projects with Omaha, Neb.-based Sandhills Energy for 16 communities that are served wholesale power supply by MEAN.
Bonds and Financing

Fayetteville PWC Receives Two National Awards for Financial Reporting

The Fayetteville Public Works Commission, a North Carolina public power utility, recently received national recognition for financial reporting with two awards from the Government Finance Officers Association.
Reliability

Chelan PUD’s New Two-Way Digital Meters Prevent Outages Before They Start

Washington State’s Chelan PUD avoided several outages over the last few months since it finished upgrading more than 50,000 electric meters with advanced metering infrastructure, PUD staff reported to PUD commissioners.
Distributed Energy Resources

First Utility-Scale Wind Farm Completed in Mississippi

A ribbon-cutting event took place on June 18 in Tunica County, Mississippi, to mark the completion of the first utility-scale wind generation facility in the state, the Delta Wind project.