The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s 2026 Summer Reliability Assessment finds that record resource additions have strengthened readiness for the summer season, even as elevated risks remain in some areas.

It is crucial for trade groups representing public power, investor-owned utilities and rural cooperatives to collaborate to advance permitting reform, Scott Corwin, President and CEO of the American Public Power Association.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright issued an emergency order directing the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, in coordination with Consumers Energy, to ensure that the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Michigan, remains available this summer.

A visual overview of when utilities are most likely to face extreme weather events and how risks are changing.

With a central Massachusetts territory that’s heavily wooded, Littleton Electric Light and Water Department (LELWD) needed to find ways to ensure that storms wouldn’t cause outages when trees fell on overhead cables.

How public power utilities can get involved with the Cyber Mutual Assistance program, which offers support and information on utility cyber incidents.