Utilities

The goal is to reduce energy costs and exposure to energy price spikes.

The public power industry continues to deal with a host of issues from extreme weather events to environmental concerns and rising inflation.

Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems is advancing the nation's first small modular reactor, a $6 billion project supporters say is the future of nuclear energy.

The pension system has sued WAPA demanding immediate payment of more than $2 million in employee contributions.

Kansas Gas Service is the third division of Tulsa-based ONE Gas, Inc., to participate in a state-sanctioned securitization related to Winter Storm Uri.

The finance team on the Western Placer Waste Management Authority deal hopes to benefit from an improving market with increased inflows.

Oklahoma's first utility securitization bond deal related to 2021's Winter Storm Uri continued to attract criticism from a state regulator who called for an independent review.

The county wants to enter into a public-private partnership to finance, build and operate a public utility and multiple microgrids that will sell power to advanced manufacturers who require hyper-reliable energy.

While an Oklahoma regulatory official said the bond sale's results for ratepayers was “simply horrifying,” the rapid increase in U.S. Treasury and municipal interest rates since the start of the year were directly correlated.

A heat wave blasting Texas and other states is unlikely to lead to days-long blackouts as 2021's Winter Storm Uri did, the rating agency said.