Officials from public power utilities and American Public Power Association staff were recently briefed by Department of Energy officials on a number of key issues including supply chain challenges.

The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority and AVANGRID on April 17 announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore opportunities to develop up to 1 gigawatt of green energy projects within the Navajo Nation in the states of New Mexico and Arizona.

Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison Company and San Diego Gas & Electric recently submitted residential electric rate reform proposals to the California Public Utilities Commission that call for a customer income verification process that would be administered by a third-party contractor supervised by the CPUC.

The Council on Environmental Quality’s interim National Environmental Policy Act guidance on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change “misses the mark” and threatens the ability of the public power utilities and rural electric cooperatives to provide affordable and reliable electricity to the communities they serve, the American Public Power Association and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association said.

Ta’Jahnae Buchanan recently became the first female and first African American female to complete all requirements of the Cleveland Public Power lineworker apprentice program.

Virtual power purchase agreements are drawing increased interest from U.S. corporations looking to grow their renewable energy portfolios.