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Rich Wallen, Grant County PUD general manager and CEO, has announced his resignation from the Washington State public power utility. The resignation, which was given to Grant PUD’s Board of Commissioners on May 7, is effective on June 14.
An overview of FERC's proposed changes to its PURPA rules - and APPA's take on how the reforms are reasonable and could help public power utilities keep costs down.
The following is a transcript of the Feb. 10, 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 News
Officials from WPPI Energy, SMUD, and the Tennessee Valley Public Power Association on Feb. 28 detailed strategies they have adopted for communicating with lawmakers and outlined key policy priorities they discussed with House members and Senators in their visits to Capitol Hill as part of the American Public Power Association’s Legislative Rally.
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, in collaboration with the U. S. Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, on Feb. 22 released a set of cybersecurity baselines for electric distribution systems and distributed energy resources that connect to them.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on May 27 voted to approve a proposal submitted by ISO New England (ISO-NE) under which the grid operator will eliminate a minimum offer price rule (MOPR) in its forward capacity market (FCM) and replace it with a reformed buyer-side market power mitigation construct.
Public power utilities, rural electric cooperatives, the Tennessee Valley Authority, state and local governments, and other tax-exempt entities would have access to refundable direct payment tax credits under an energy and climate agreement announced on July 27.
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) partnered with Sunrise Marketplace Business Improvement District (SMP) to wrap more than 20 SMUD transformer boxes with nearly 50 pieces of art throughout Sacramento’s business district. “MasterPieces in the MarketPlace” utilizes SMUD’s Transformer
Electric utilities in the U.S. are increasingly utilizing artificial intelligence to track and rapidly respond to wildfires.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected revisions that the Southwest Power Pool proposed earlier this year to its open access transmission tariff, and asked the regional transmission organization to revise its proposal.