Joseph Wilson was named the next General Manager of Washington State’s Jefferson County PUD at the regular meeting of the PUD’s Board of Commissioners on July 15.

Colorado Springs Utilities on July 21 joined local leaders and NextEra Energy Resources to celebrate Colorado Springs, Colorado’s first battery energy storage system at a ribbon-cutting event.

President Trump on July 17 issued the proclamation “Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Further Promote American Energy,” identifying three additional facilities in Annex I that have received Clean Air Act (CAA) section 112 Presidential Exemptions.

The Texas Public Power Association has awarded its prestigious Distinguished Service Award to retiring GEUS General Manager Alicia Hooks in recognition of her more than 22 years of dedicated service to the public power industry, GEUS reported on July 24.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on July 24 said it has approved a series of licensing and regulatory actions that will pave the way for restart of the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan.

College Station Utilities, which serves College Station community members, has seen higher customer satisfaction since implementing text messaging. Customers benefit from the utility’s communication about outages, both planned and unplanned, through TextPower, an ARCOS company that provides mission-critical communications via text.