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July 21, 2017 - House passes pipeline review, electric transmission bills
The House on July 19 approved a bill, H.R. 2910, which would reaffirm the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s role as the lead federal agency on environmental reviews of interstate gas pipelines and improve interagency coordination. The American Public Power Association supports the measure.
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July 21, 2017 - Report catalogues state net metering, DG actions in the second quarter
In the second quarter, 39 states plus Washington, D.C., took a total of 140 actions related to distributed solar policy and rate design, according to a new study issued by North Carolina State University’s NC Clean Energy Technology Center.
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July 20, 2017 - Lawmakers hear about capacity market flaws, rising grid costs
A House hearing on July 18 examined a wide range of issues related to the state of the power industry including possible reform of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, flaws in regional transmission organization-operated capacity markets, rising transmission costs and baseload generation closures.
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July 19, 2017 - Generators appeal judge’s ruling on Illinois nuclear support
The Electric Power Supply Association and several independent power producers on July 17 filed an appeal of an Illinois judge’s recent order that turned aside legal challenges to a state law that, among other things, is aimed at helping to keep a pair of nuclear power plants in the state up and running.
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July 19, 2017 - Hamilton Utilities’ urban forestry program boosts safety, reliability
When the city of Hamilton, Ohio, hired Dave Bienemann as a municipal arborist, the utility had a problem: trees all over the city were leaning on power lines, causing outages and saddling the utility with endless repairs. Now, Hamilton Utilities' investment in a comprehensive tree program is showing results on a number of fronts including strengthening reliability.
Events
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July 27, 2017 - Maintaining or Improving Your Utility’s Bond Rating
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July 27, 2017 - DEED Webinar: Tips to Apply for a DEED Grant
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August 15, 2017 - The Future of Rate Design
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August 24, 2017 - DEED Webinar: Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Project
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September 7, 2017 - Community Solar Success Stories
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September 17, 2017 - Business and Financial Conference
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October 8, 2017 - Legal and Regulatory Conference
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November 5, 2017 - Customer Connections Conference
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February 11, 2018 - CEO Roundtable
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February 26, 2018 - Legislative Rally
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Blogs
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Keeping Public Power Protected from Cyber Attacks
The threat of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure is a hot topic in the news right now, but cybersecurity has been on the radar of the American Public Power Association for several years. We recently conducted a series of “table top” exercises with public power utilities across the country to jump start discussions among members on cybersecurity issues. The consistent feedback we heard from these workshops is the need for more guidance, more training, and for additional resources to help address the evolving threats. Continue Reading
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The State of Public Power Leadership
Sue Kelly’s speech at the 2017 National Conference in Orlando lays out the important work ahead for public power utilities in advocating for key issues, providing innovative services to keep up with customer expectations, and building relationships within their communities. Continue Reading
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Employee Groups Foster All-Round Growth
Learn how the Omaha Public Power District implements employee groups to advance the company’s most valuable asset, its people, which in turn helps them be a stronger resource for the company, the community, and fellow employees. Continue Reading
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FCC Activity Watch: Electric Utility Pole Attachments
Andrew Wills, director of government relations and counsel at the American Public Power Association, summarizes the latest activity regarding a petition to the FCC that could impact regulations on utility pole attachments. In particular, he notes how comments on the petition reflect different concerns from state and local governments, electric utilities, and telecommunications companies. Continue Reading
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About Public Power
Public power is a collection of more than 2,000 community-owned electric utilities, serving more than 48 million people or about 14 percent of the nation's electricity consumers.
Public power utilities are operated by local governments to provide communities with reliable, responsive, not-for-profit electric service. Public power utilities are directly accountable to the people they serve through local elected or appointed officials.
More information on all public power utilities is on the About Public Power page and in the Public Power Annual Directory & Statistical Report.
About the Association
The American Public Power Association was created in 1940 as a nonprofit, non-partisan organization to advance the public policy interests of its members and their consumers, and provide member services to ensure adequate, reliable electricity at a reasonable price with the proper protection of the environment.
Policy positions emphasize the importance of hometown decision making that puts customers first and ensures a stable supply of electricity while protecting the environment. Since two-thirds of public power systems do not generate their own electricity and instead buy it on the wholesale market for distribution to customers, securing competitively priced and reliable wholesale power is a priority.
Learn more on the About the Association page.