Voltus, a virtual power plant operator and distributed energy resource platform, recently announced the launch of its "Bring Your Own CapacityTM" product, which it said is a first-of-its-kind solution designed to accelerate data center development by leveraging existing flexibility on the grid.

The International Council on Clean Transportation has completed a research brief that will support the development of Seattle City Light’s long-term charging infrastructure strategy.

The City Council of Clearwater, Florida, on Sept. 29 voted to take the next step in the possible formation of a public power utility for the city.

Public power utilities across the U.S. are planning a wide range of activities to celebrate this year’s Public Power Week, which is October 5-11. Those activities include, among other things, spotlighting the voices of customers on social media, holding cookouts and providing power plant tours.

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) expired at 12:01 a.m. on the morning of October 1. APPA strongly supported the enactment of CISA 2015 and supports a clean, long-term reauthorization of CISA 2015.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management and Office of Science recently issued a Request for Proposal seeking proposals from companies to build and power AI data centers at DOE’s Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee.