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Oregon public power utility Eugene Water and Electric Board successfully completed major habitat improvement work on the upper McKenzie River as part of the 2016 settlement agreement for relicensing the Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Project.
The City of Santa Clara, California, has collaborated with MidPen Housing, a regional non-profit affordable housing developer, owner, and manager, to bring energy efficiency improvements to Riverwood Grove apartments, a 71-unit affordable housing complex in Santa Clara.
These days, energy sector headlines involving artificial intelligence are focused on how utilities can meet the significant power demand of data centers, but perhaps lost in the shuffle is how AI is being applied to the building sector to boost energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.
ElectriCities of North Carolina Inc. recently presented 23 communities with Public Power Awards of Excellence at the 2025 ElectriCities Annual Conference held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. This represents a record number of communities recognized for excellence, it said on Aug. 26.
Electric Cities of Georgia hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its new ECG Training Institute location on August 27 in the Indian Springs Business Park in Forsyth, Georgia.
The Utah Office of Energy Development (OED), TerraPower and Flagship Companies announced on Aug. 25 the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the potential siting of a Natrium® reactor and energy storage plant in Utah.
X-energy Reactor Company LLC, Amazon, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corporation and Doosan Enerbility on Aug. 25 announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the deployment of Xe-100 fourth generation advanced small modular reactors and TRISO-X fuel in the U.S. to meet growing power demands from data centers and artificial intelligence.
The Truckee Donner Public Utility District, a California public power utility, recently launched a community-focused educational campaign that highlights the unique characteristics of the region's water source and the infrastructure that delivers it to homes and businesses.