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Heartland Energy announced that wholesale power rates will remain steady for 2026 -- marking the ninth consecutive year without an increase.
The Imperial Irrigation District, California’s third largest public power utility, is implementing technological upgrades throughout 2025 that directly benefit customers.
California Community Power, a joint powers authority representing nine community choice aggregators, recently issued a Request for Proposals to procure new cost-effective clean energy and reliability resources.
College Station Utilities, which serves College Station community members, has seen higher customer satisfaction since implementing text messaging.
Fifteen public power utilities have been recognized by the American Public Power Association (APPA) with 2025 Public Power Customer Satisfaction Awards for providing excellent service to their communities, while fourteen public power utilities have earned a Smart Energy Provider (SEP) designation from APPA.
Together with United Way of the Midlands, Nebraska’s Omaha Public Power District announced the latest recipients of Greener Together grant funding, with a total of $225,000 awarded to three separate community projects.
Modesto Irrigation District lineworkers Jimmy Boere and Brian Szuggar recently rescued a man trapped in a truck in an irrigation canal near a job site. Their heroic actions were recognized by the California public power utility’s Board of Directors at a recent board meeting.
The Salt River Project Board of Directors on Nov. 3 approved converting the SRP-owned coal-fired Springerville Generating Station (SGS) Unit 4 to run on natural gas. The decision is the lowest-cost option to preserve the plant’s 400-megawatt (MW) generating capacity, enough to serve 90,000 homes