APPA New Releases & Statements

APPA President & CEO Testifies on Negative Impact of Energy Secretary Memo on Federal Power Marketing Administrations (04/26/2012)

Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities Receives National Award for Excellence (04/17/2012)

98 Utilities Awarded for Outstanding Safety Practices (04/17/2012)

94 Utilities Honored With National Award for Reliable Electric Operations (04/16/2012)

Nine Teams and Ten Individuals Win Awards at National Lineworkers Rode (04/14/2012)

APPA Commends NRC for Approval of SCEG Reactors (04/02/2012)

Statement by Mark Crisson, President & CEO, APPA, In Response to EPA"s Proposed Rule Curbing GHG Emissions (03/28/2012)

Statement By Mark Crisson, President & CEO, APPA, In Response to Energy Secretary Steven Chu's Memorandum Proposing Changes to Role of Power Marketing Administrations (03/20/2012)

Senator Jeff Bingaman Honored by National Eenergy Group for Public Service (03/14/2012)

2012 Resolutions: APPA Calls for Preservation of Tax-Exempt Financing; Seeks Flexibilty in EPA'S Regulatory Requirements (03/13/2012)

Statement by the American Public Power Association in Response to the FY 2013 Budget Proposal on Tax-Exempt Financing (02/13/2012)

APPA Applauds Nuclear Regulatory Commission Decision to Approve Construction of First Nuclear Reactors in Decades (02/09/2012)

APPA Statement in Response to the U.S. EPA Utility MACT Rule (12/21/2011)

APPA and the LPPC Submit Comments to Moody's Investors Service Regarding Moody's Request for Comment on Use of New Financial Metrics in U.S. Public Power Electric Utility Rating Methodology (08/15/2011)

APPA Calls for Re-Proposal of EPA Rule on EGU MACT (08/03/2011)

APPA Releases 2011 Update to APPA's Competitive Market Plan: A Roadmap for Reforming Wholesale Electricity Markets (06/16/2011)

Cedar Falls Utilities Receives National Award for Excellence (3/23/2011)

82 Utilities Honored With National Award For Reliable Electric Operations (3/21/2011)

104 Utilities Awarded for Outstanding Safety Practices (3/21/2011)

Nine Teams and Twelve Individuals Win Awards at National Lineworkers Rodeo (3/19/2011)

APPA Warns New Source Performance Standard Could Cause Fuel Switching, Windfall Profits for Merchant Generators (03/17/2011)

2011 Resolutions: APPA Calls for Greater Energy Efficiency in Model National Building Codes; Seeks Protection for End-Users in Dodd-Frank Implementation (03/01/2011)

APPA Statement on House Energy and Commerce Decision to Review Policies Related to Wholesale Electricity Markets (02/16/2011)

News Media Opportunities: Public Power Legislative Rally (02/16/2011)

APPA Statement on New Jersey Law to Incent New Generation (02/04/2011)

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Implications of Greater Reliance on Natural Gas for Electricity Generation

This 95-page report [pdf], published in July 2010, examines the potential impacts on natural gas and deliveries to electric utilities should rules limiting utility emissions of carbon or other pollutants result in a shift away from coal toward using more natural gas to generate electricity. It was commissioned by the American Public Power Association, with financial support from the Utility Air Regulatory Group (UARG) and other electric utilities.

The report discusses projected costs for infrastructure upgrades, operational considerations, implications for different regions of the country, and other related issues.

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The Electric Market Reform Initiative

The Electric Market Reform Initiative (EMRI) was launched in 2006 in response to growing problems public power utilities were experiencing obtaining power supplies in regions with centralized power supply markets operated by Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs). The purpose of EMRI has been to investigate the restructured wholesale electricity markets and develop proposals for needed reforms to the markets.

EMRI's investigative studies provide strong evidence that the RTO-run centralized wholesale markets have substantial problems, and are not yielding just and reasonable rates, as the Federal Power Act requires.  Based on the findings of the studies, APPA developed the Competitive Market Plan, a proposal for reforms for the wholesale electricity markets.

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