The American Public Power Association and its members will celebrate this year’s Public Power Week from Oct. 6 to October 12. This year’s theme for Public Power Week is “Pride in Public Power.”

The U.S. Department of Energy on Oct. 3 announced an investment of $1.5 billion in four transmission projects and released a final national transmission planning study.

The Bonneville Power Administration is planning to rebuild the 60-mile-long Shelton-Fairmount No. 1 115-kilovolt wood pole transmission line along the Hood Canal in Northwest Washington.

Public power utility Colorado Springs Utilities recently received a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense for a grid reliability project.

In a new study assessing how climate change might alter hydropower generation across the continental U.S., researchers show that except for some parts of the Southwest, hydropower generation is expected to rise in the future.

The U.S. energy storage market experienced significant growth in the second quarter, with the grid-scale segment leading the way at 2,773 MW and 9,982 MWh deployed.