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The Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners recently approved a $195 million investment to expand LADWP’s Demand Response portfolio and create new programs that aim to increase the department’s current performance-based capacity by more than 400 percent from 80 MW to 340 MW.
The Midcontinent ISO’s annual Winter Readiness Workshop on October 29 will feature transmission and generation outlooks, and weather forecasts for the upcoming season. The assessment shows adequate resources are available for winter but highlights the potential risks and challenges associated with cold and extreme weather operations.
McKell Purnell has joined Arizona public power utility Salt River Project as its new Associate General Manager and Chief Human Resources Executive.
Jamestown, N.Y., native Kristofor Sellstrom has been named the next General Manager by the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities to succeed current General Manager David Leathers, who will retire in January 2026.
U.S. utility large load commitments have reached over 160 gigawatts (GW), equivalent to 22% of 2024 U.S. peak load, according to the analysis “Up, up and away” by Wood Mackenzie that incorporates the latest findings from PJM's Load Adjustment Request (LAR) process. Building on previous research “ No
CPS Energy has launched a new version of the Casa Verde Weatherization Rebate Program, designed to help income-qualified customers reduce their energy use and lower their monthly bills.
How the utility serving the City of Niles, Michigan, developed a new industrial rate to serve a large load customer that allowed for fair contribution to the costs to serve the customer.
In a recent interview with APPA, Nico Procos, director of Silicon Valley Power, the public power utility for Santa Clara, California, discusses misperceptions regarding data centers. He also details the utility's generation mix and discusses load forecasting.