Community Engagement
Forty-nine public power electric utilities and utility organizations earned Excellence in Public Power Communications Awards from the American Public Power Association. The awards were presented this week at APPA’s Customer...
grid
The California Independent System Operator (ISO) Board of Governors recently adopted a proposal aimed at improving the grid operator’s interconnection process.
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Massachusetts-based public power utility Littleton Electric Light and Water Departments (LELWD) recently provided details on the benefits that flow from its free shade tree program, which the utility has offered since 2016.
cyber
At the end of October, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a set of voluntary goals outlining the highest priority baseline measures businesses and critical infrastructure owners of all sizes can take to protect against cyber threats to critical infrastructure.
truck
ElectriCities of North Carolina’s Brandon Guin, a crew leader, and David Carlos, an apprentice lineworker, recently helped to rescue a tree contractor who was stranded after his bucket truck became disabled while he was working at an elevated position.
A group in Maine on Oct. 31 submitted more than 80,000 signatures from voters in 422 Maine towns, which will allow for voters in the state next year to consider replacing investor-owned utilities in Maine with a statewide, consumer-owned utility.