The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) in New York is rolling out a new, two-pronged community solar program.

Residents in Pueblo, Colorado, will vote on May 5 on a measure that would allow the city to leave investor-owned Black Hills Energy and form a public power utility.

California State Senator Scott Wiener recently introduced legislation that would transform Pacific Gas and Electric into a public power utility. The legislation, S.B. 917, would turn PG&E into a publicly owned entity, creating the Northern California Energy Utility District. The structure of the

Commercial customers can buy “shares” in off-site energy storage facilities and receive demand charge reductions for their investments under a unique program developed by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.

Three cities in New York State -- Albany, Schenectady, and Troy -- have joined a growing group of municipalities exploring community choice aggregation, New York-based Municipal Electric & Gas Alliance (MEGA) reported.

Power Ledger, in conjunction with Midwest Renewable Energy Tracking System (M-RETS) and Clearway Energy Group, plans to launch a Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) marketplace in the United States. M-RETS already has a web-based software platform that tracks RECs in North America, but it does not