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The American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments program recently approved funding for various grants and scholarships.
Officials with JEA and Lakeland Electric –- Florida public power utilities -- on Oct. 28 provided details on pilot programs the utilities implemented to help non-residential customers and managers track and reduce energy use through interactive interval data dashboards.
Columbia River People's Utility District recently signed a new long-term Power Sales Agreement with Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), its wholesale power provider. This agreement guarantees access to affordable Tier 1 power rates through September of 2044. "At a time when there is so much
Salt River Project (crews returned to remote areas of the Navajo Nation to provide reliable electricity to 12 families in the Dilkon and Tuba City areas. This effort was part of the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority's Mutual Aid Training 2025 program, an arm of the Light Up Navajo (LUN) initiative.
Grant County PUD Commissioners unanimously approved two, 20-year power-purchase agreements with Royal Slope LLC.
ISO New England has begun development of a framework that will establish the grid operator as the independent reviewer of transmission owners’ asset condition projects in the region.
The U.S. Department of Energy on Oct. 31 issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for up to $100 million in federal funding to refurbish and modernize the nation’s existing coal power plants.
The North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency has received a credit rating upgrade from Fitch Ratings, moving from “A” to “A+” with a Stable Outlook.