The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the New York Power Authority have started construction of New York State’s largest onsite solar plus storage project -- a solar carport canopy at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Thanks to TextPower, utility customers of Georgetown, Texas, can now text the utility if their service goes out instead of calling in and being put on hold or leaving a voice message that a utility phone operator then has to retrieve and listen to in order to log the pertinent information into the utility’s outage management system.

As she prepares to join the growing ranks of female public power utility lineworkers, Rylee Gunn, an apprentice with Florida public power utility Fort Pierce Utilities Authorities, gained valuable experience while participating in the APPA Lineworkers Rodeo in Lafayette, Louisiana this month.

Georgia Power on April 29 declared that Plant Vogtle Unit 4 has entered commercial operation. Vogtle Unit 3 entered commercial operation on July 31, 2023. Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 are two 1,100-megawatt nuclear reactors.

Final energy tax credit transferability rules released last week by the Treasury Department make clear that a partnership made up of one or more applicable entities, including public power utilities, can elect to transfer certain energy production tax credits they could also claim through elective payment.