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Bills and Rates
South Dakota-based Heartland Energy recently launched Demand-Adjusted Technology Advantage, or DATA, an interruptible data center rate policy customers can use to facilitate construction and operation of data centers, while minimizing risk.
Distributed Energy Resources
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced that the New York Power Authority has acquired full ownership of a 20-megawatt solar energy generation project in the town of Fort Edward in Washington County.
Reliability
The American Public Power Association has honored 255 public power utilities with a "Certificate of Excellence in Reliability" for reliable performance in 2024.
Community Engagement
The strength of the public power business model was lauded at the MLP State House Day, hosted by the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, the Commonwealth’s designated joint action agency for municipal utilities.
Energy Efficiency
More than 3,000 homes within Knoxville Utilities Board’s service area have received weatherization, a major achievement in the utility provider’s continued efforts to improve energy efficiency and reduce energy costs for low-income households, KUB said on March 25.
Workforce
The New York Power Authority Board of Trustees recently approved nearly $4 million in funding for clean energy workforce training and development programs in the state.
Generation
Partners Group, one of the largest firms in the global private markets industry, acting on behalf of its clients, has agreed to acquire a 1.9 GW portfolio of 11 natural gas power plants in California from the Avenue Golden Continuation Fund, L.P., as well as Middle River Power, the company that operates the assets.
Safety
In a recent Q&A with APPA, Tim Herlitzka, General Manager of Wisconsin public power utility Waunakee Utilities, discusses the utility’s strong ongoing commitment to safety and details utility plans tied to substations.