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Adult sockeye salmon migrating to Canada’s Okanagan River Basin will have a better chance to survive and spawn during drought years following a successful, “trap-and-haul” pilot project carried out July 16 by Grant PUD, Chelan PUD and Canada’s Okanagan Nation Alliance with ample support from agencies on both sides of the border, Grant PUD and Chelan PUD said.
Florida public power utility JEA has promoted veteran technology leader Steven Selders to chief information officer.
The House Energy and Commerce Environment Subcommittee recently held a hearing focused on reforming permitting processes under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Eugene Water and Power CEO and General Manager Frank Lawson will retire in spring 2026, after a decade in the top leadership position at the utility.
College Station Utilities, which serves College Station community members, has seen higher customer satisfaction since implementing text messaging. Customers benefit from the utility’s communication about outages, both planned and unplanned, through TextPower, an ARCOS company that provides mission-critical communications via text.
The following is a transcript of the August 18, 2025, episode of Public Power Now. Learn more about subscribing to Public Power Now at Publicpower.org/Podcasts. Some quotes may have been edited for clarity. Paul Ciampoli Welcome to the latest episode of Public Power Now. I'm Paul Ciampoli, APPA's
Public power entities in California are hailing the State Legislature’s passage of legislation (AB 825) that will allow California’s participation in a new, independent regional electricity market.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Sept. 9 announced the availability of new guidance on New Source Review (NSR) preconstruction permitting requirements.