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A recently issued solicitation seeks up to 200 megawatts (MW) of firm clean resources for a group of California community choice aggregators (CCAs) through one or more projects, with deliveries beginning no later than June 1, 2026. California Community Power, a Joint Powers Agency comprised of 10
The following story is courtesy of the Anoka Municipal Utility. More than a century ago, residents of Anoka, Minnesota – a city just north of Minneapolis-St. Paul – found cows roaming down Main Street, the windows of buildings and houses covered in soap, and several outhouses tipped over. The city
Kansas Municipal Utilities (KMU) earlier this month completed another successful Electric Distribution Overhead Workshop, which offers training sessions on overhead installation, construction, maintenance requirements and techniques and provides attendees with the opportunity to practice these job
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Oct. 21 denied a request by local power companies (LPCs) that the Commission require the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to provide open access transmission service to the LPCs pursuant to section 211A of the Federal Power Act (FPA).
JEA, the public power utility serving the greater Jacksonville, Florida, area, has launched JEA Drive Electric, an electric vehicle education, marketing, and peak load reduction program.
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) announced on Oct. 14 that President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gil Quiniones has resigned after 10 years in the role to accept a position as CEO at Illinois-based Commonwealth Edison Company, a subsidiary of investor-owned Exelon Corp.
Two temporary mobile generators are now online in Roseville, Calif., following six weeks of construction at Roseville Energy Park, public power utility Roseville Electric recently reported.
The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on Oct. 6 approved S. 2875, the Cyber Incident Reporting Act of 2021.