The American Public Power Association on Feb. 13 said it applauds the bipartisan introduction of H.R. 1255, the Investing Our Communities Act of 2025, legislation to reinstate the ability to issue tax-exempt advance refunding bonds.

While the deployment of energy storage systems across the U.S. has grown dramatically in the U.S. in recent years, they are facing resistance in some communities where residents have voiced concerns over the risk of energy storage system fires and the amount of space required to install storage systems.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Feb. 11 accepted revisions to a section of PJM Interconnection’s Open Access Transmission Tariff known as the Reliability Resource Initiative to add provisions enabling a one-time reliability-based expansion of the eligibility criteria for “Transition Cycle #2” of PJM’s existing interconnection queue.

The Stillwater Electric Utility, the City of Stillwater, Oklahoma’s electric department, earned the Municipal Electric Systems of Oklahoma Inc. first-place award in the annual Electric Operations and Reliability Competition, for the second year in a row, and a first-place award for safety.

The CPS Energy Board of Trustees recently voted to elect current Vice Chair, Dr. Francine Sanders Romero, as the new Board Chair and Dr. Willis Mackey as the new Vice Chair, effective February 1, 2025.