In a recent interview with APPA, Terry Wimberley, President and CEO of Tennessee’s Paris Board of Public Utilities, the public power utility for Paris, Tennessee, details the wide range of projects underway at the utility including rebuilding a substation. He also discusses how Paris BPU’s Customer Academy has proven to be an effective way to engage with its customers.

Plans were unveiled on Oct. 15 for Project Horizon, a two-gigawatt artificial intelligence campus in West Texas.

Kentucky public power utility Frankfort Plant Board is seeking proposals to meet all capacity and energy requirements associated with its retail load beginning June 1, 2029.

For water and electric utilities, it is critical to communicate with customers about potential leaks, rate changes and outages. Speed and clarity are essential to ensuring water is not wasted and customers know about outages. This boosts customer satisfaction. The use of texting by the City of Bryan, Texas, and Bryan Texas Utilities has yielded a wide range of benefits.

Michigan public power utility Traverse City Light & Power announced that its community broadband division, TCLPfiber, has been named to the 2025 Broadband Communities Top 100 list.

The Imperial Irrigation District recently announced the appointment of Wayne Strumpfer as General Counsel.