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The American Public Power Association (APPA) is pleased to introduce the first in-depth, three-part Public Power Current newsletter series this week, on small town revitalization. Thank you to all the small utility systems across America who were eager to share their stories towards promoting
The American Public Power Association is pleased to introduce the first in-depth, three-part Public Power Current newsletter series on small town revitalization. In Part 3, our series concludes with efforts to beautify America’s small towns and the roles public power utilities play.
Part 1: Economic Development The American Public Power Association (APPA) is pleased to introduce the first in-depth, three-part Public Power Current newsletter series this week, on small town revitalization. Thank you to all the small utility systems across America who were eager to share their
San Diego city council members Sean Elo-Rivera, Joe LaCava, and Monica Montgomery Steppe recently said that work has begun on an energy independence plan for the city that includes conducting a public power feasibility study.
The University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Energy Transition Institute (ETI) has been awarded a grant of more than $100,000 from the American Public Power Association’s (APPA) Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments (DEED) program to launch Project Groundwork, a research initiative that will explore electric distribution solutions to enhance grid resilience.
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) is launching a project with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to explore the use of crushed rock thermal energy storage to provide energy storage in a market with significant renewable energy resources.
Independent power producer Vistra is using artificial intelligence (AI) software developed by a team at the University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) to help it better predict wholesale power market prices in California.
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) said it has finalized a $39 million agreement to install 67 overhead chargers for New York City buses.