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Voters in El Paso, Texas, on May 6 will vote on a proposal that includes exploring the creation of a public power utility.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on April 20 announced the completion of the first solar-plus-storage project by a municipality on Long Island, now operating in the Town of East Hampton.
Texas public power utility Lubbock Power & Light is lowering the power cost recovery factor portion of its electric rate for the summer.
Average interconnection costs for the Southwest Power Pool are stable for projects that complete all interconnection studies but have escalated sharply for projects that withdraw from the queue, according to a report from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
In a recent meeting with House members, John Maclaga, Assistant Director for North Carolina public power utility Wilson Energy, detailed the current supply chain challenges facing the electric power sector and offered potential solutions to alleviate those challenges.
Washington State’s Snohomish County PUD on April 22 held a successful first energy block party, which featured a wide variety of activities for attendees to experience.
The New York State Legislative Commission on the Future of the Long Island Power Authority on April 18 approved a draft report for submission to the New York Legislature detailing its preliminary findings and plan for transitioning LIPA into a public power provider that would both own and operate the electric grid on Long Island and in the Rockaways.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on April 21 issued a final rule providing incentive-based rate treatment for utilities making certain voluntary cybersecurity investments.