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As part of its ongoing effort to reduce debt costs for customers, the Santee Cooper Board of Directors recently approved a $1.3 billion tender and exchange bond refunding that is expected to produce gross savings of nearly $400 million over the life of the bonds.
The board of Michigan public power utility Traverse City Light & Power recently approved the employment agreement with Brandie Ekren as TCL&P’s new executive director with an official start date of March 21, 2022.
Snohomish County Public Utility District’s (PUD) recently adopted 2021 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) focuses on conservation and energy storage to meet electrical demand through 2045.
The City of Valley Center, Kansas, recently took steps to consider the possible formation of a public power utility including city council approval of the formation of a public power steering committee.
Three electric utilities recently came together through a work-sharing arrangement to work on an electric distribution line rebuild for the Village of Callaway, Neb.
Minnesota public power communities have received grants that will help pay for a wide variety of energy-related projects.
Santee Cooper, South Carolina’s state-owned electric and water utility, recently launched a new demand response program.
Nebraska’s Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) recently launched a new tool to help provide support to small businesses in the local community.