The City of Austin, Texas, announced on Oct. 27 that Stuart Reilly will be the new General Manager of Austin Energy.

APPA recently released an update of its permitting reform principles outlining its specific objectives in streamlining federal permitting.

The Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing on the nominations of Mitch Graves, Jeff Hagood, Randall Jones, and Arthur Graham to be board members of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

At its September 18 meeting, the WPPI Energy Board of Directors re-elected Michael Avanzi (Kaukauna Utilities), Steve Brooks (Waupun Utilities), Casey Engebretson (Black River Falls Municipal Utilities) and Melanie Krause (Menasha Utilities) to three-year terms on the organization’s 11-member Executive Committee.

The City of Rochester, Minnesota, and Rochester Public Utilities (RPU) have each been awarded funding through the Minnesota Solar on Public Buildings Program to install new solar energy systems on the rooftops of their facilities.

All high pressure sodium street light fixtures within the City on Manitowoc, Wisconsin, have now been upgraded to LED.