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The City of Pasadena, California, achieved another significant milestone in its goal to provide 100% carbon free electricity by the end of 2030, as a newly upgraded wind energy facility, Wind Resource II, officially began delivering clean power to the City this summer.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. on Oct. 2 announced it has selected GE Vernova to participate in a Proof-of-Concept implementation of the ERCOT Distribution Awareness Platform (EDAP) as part of ERCOT’s Grid Research, Innovation, and Transformation (GRIT) efforts.
Nominations for the American Public Power Association’s Policy Makers Council are being accepted through November 21, 2025.
Colorado Springs Utilities Chief Executive Officer Travas Deal has named Nick Peters as the new Chief System Planning and Projects Officer, effective immediately.
The Kissimmee Utility Authority Board of Directors welcomed a new board member and held its annual election of officers.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management and Office of Science recently issued a Request for Proposal seeking proposals from companies to build and power AI data centers at DOE’s Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee.
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) expired at 12:01 a.m. on the morning of October 1. APPA strongly supported the enactment of CISA 2015 and supports a clean, long-term reauthorization of CISA 2015.
Public power utilities across the U.S. are planning a wide range of activities to celebrate this year’s Public Power Week, which is October 5-11. Those activities include, among other things, spotlighting the voices of customers on social media, holding cookouts and providing power plant tours.