The Jamestown BPU’s Microgrid project is losing its biggest backer - the federal government. As of October 1, in conjunction with the government shutdown, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought announced that the Department of Energy would terminate $8 billion of energy projects, and the Department of Energy announced the termination of 321 awards, primarily affecting Democratic states. Included amongst the list of project funding being cut are two Jamestown Board of Public Utilities projects. According to the Democrats Appropriations Committee, the termination of the ...