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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.
City Utilities of Springfield, Mo., has been awarded $10 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to partially fund a pipeline replacement project.
Lawmakers in the Senate and House recently introduced legislation that would reimburse local governments and electric cooperatives for interest expenses incurred on loans taken out to cover costs that are to be covered by disaster assistance payments from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
An annual monitoring report recently shared with the Board of Directors of Omaha Public Power District shows that OPPD earned high marks for minimizing the number of service disruptions our customers experience.
Requests to connect clean energy projects to the grid have soared in recent years, leading to longer wait times and backlogs for project developers, according to new research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.