Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs recently awarded $15.6 million for four grid resiliency projects that will strengthen and modernize Arizona’s power grid against wildfires, extreme weather, and other disasters. Included among the funding recipients is the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District.

The City Council of Salem, Va., honored A.K. Briele, who is retiring from his position as city Electric Department Director at the end of the year, by proclaiming December 11, 2025, "A.K. Briele Day" in Salem.

APPA on Dec. 12 sent a request for guidance to Treasury Assistant Secretary Kenneth Kies in relation to private use regulations for output facilities.

Massachusetts public power utility Reading Municipal Light Department (RMLD) and its Board of Commissioners have announced that Jason Small will take the helm as general manager effective January 2, 2026.

The Tennessee Valley Authority announced that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the operating licenses for all three units at TVA’s Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, allowing continued operation through the mid-2050s.

A study that finds that the western U.S. and Canada electricity grid is significantly underutilized in many areas could help steer new data centers, industrial plants, and major generating projects toward corridors and regions with available headroom, avoiding long waits for new transmission lines and interconnection approvals.