MLGW presented multiple consent‑agenda contracts and capital purchases, outlining a 115 MW battery storage plan across nine substations, transformer purchases, software licensing and cybersecurity advisory extensions intended to improve grid resiliency and regulatory recordkeeping.

Staff recommended and the commission endorsed (nonformal) a competitive contract award to "18 98 and Company" to modernize Glendale Water and Power's GIS with a project budget not to exceed $1,297,453; staff said the system will be hosted on‑premises and completed by Q1 2028.

Town staff told council they will migrate Cary's legacy billing systems to Oracle Customer Cloud Service and launch a modern customer portal aimed at improved accessibility, leak alerts, language options and tighter integration with financials; staff expect to return with implementation details and security briefings.

Emergency management staff presented and council approved Resolution 2026-09 authorizing a State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program application (about $528,000) to design a supervisory SCADA network, add intrusion detection at substations and create a backbone that can be expanded over multiple grant cycles.

Council authorized a $3.6 million contract with Aclara for advanced metering infrastructure to replace aging meters, enable remote reads and provide customer usage portals; the total project cost is estimated at about $4.24 million and staff said utility fund balances can cover the work without an immediate rate increase.

The Senate passed House Bill 10-81 (the Colorado Grid Optimization Act), which asks utilities to consider advanced transmission and grid-enhancing technologies in their existing 10-year planning processes without mandating deployments.

Rory Christian, chair of the New York Public Service Commission, told a state senate joint committee that grid modernization, rate‑case oversight and affordability programs are central to meeting the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act while limiting rate impacts. He said the commission reallocated $360 million from the New York Sun to,