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- APPA’s Ditto, AMP’s Thompson detail pandemic response, commitment to diversity
- CISA tabletop exercise package assists with pandemic recovery and continuity planning
- APPA urges members to reach out to senators in support of direct pandemic-related aid
- COVID-19 has minimal effect on power plant startups, EIA says
- Eugene Water & Electric Board expands programs to help customers through pandemic
- Public power, other industry officials weigh in on COVID-19 response at FERC conference
- Lawmakers urge Pelosi, McCarthy to consider forgivable loan program for public power
- APPA members urged to reach out to Senate offices on advance refunding bonds bill
- BrightRidge holds electric rates flat for a second year, continues coronavirus aid
- Customer trust in utilities reaches historic high due to effective COVID-19 response
- EPA to end COVID-19 temporary enforcement policy on August 31
- APPA, other groups urge power workers to stay vigilant in guarding against COVID-19
- Coal, CO2 emission declines caused by pandemic could persist: Moody’s
- Treasury Department issues additional guidance on coronavirus relief funds
- Updated ESCC COVID-19 resource guide addresses contact tracing
- APPA encourages members to reach out to lawmakers in support of financial aid bill
- Public power executives detail how their utilities successfully prepared and adapted to pandemic
- FERC sets July technical conference to address COVID-19 energy sector issues
- Ditto says public power’s pandemic response helps with congressional outreach
- DOE official details agency’s response to COVID-19 pandemic
- Public power utilities are being thoughtful, deliberate in pandemic re-entry: Waterhouse
- Storage outlook strong despite near-term COVID-19 effects: report
- TVA secures hand sanitizer, cleaner supplies from region’s distilleries
- NERC highlights potential summer power grid issues tied to pandemic
- FEMA issues COVID-19 operational guidance for 2020 hurricane season
- WAPA’s Sierra Nevada Region successfully tests pandemic sequestration
- S&P, Fitch weigh in on impact of recession, pandemic on public power
- Public power cities join with Superman, Lois Lane and Jolly Green Giant in pandemic fight
- ERCOT cuts summer load forecast but says energy alerts could still be necessary
- House Democrats unveil $3 trillion COVID-19 response proposal
- Planning paid off when COVID-19 hit Benton PUD
- NYPA employees utilize 3D printers to make face shields
- Chatterjee directs FERC staff to organize conference on COVID-19 pandemic
- Lincoln Electric System, working with university, finds hand sanitizer source
- Vt. public power authority helps ease COVID-19 financial burdens for its members
- KYMEA board OKs COVID-19 rate relief, member late payment protection plans
- Latest version of ESCC COVID-19 guide addresses mutual aid lessons learned, return to workplace
- OUC employee mobilizes resources, talent to make face masks, shields
- Jonesboro CWL successfully balanced restoration efforts with COVID-19 protections
- Moody’s stable outlook for public power reflects expectation for resilience during pandemic
- Zubaly details how FMEA is responding to pandemic in planning for hurricane season
- Trump signs coronavirus response legislation into law
- NERC report highlights threat COVID-19 crisis poses for grid reliability
- List of Fla. public power utilities lowering bills due to pandemic continues to grow
- Snohomish PUD partners with local union to make masks
- New version of ESCC COVID-19 resource guide addresses control center social distancing
- EPA, in response to COVID-19, grants leeway for emissions testing
- Salt River Project taps local companies to fill shortage of protective masks
- TVA establishes $2 million COVID-19 community care fund
- Ditto says pandemic highlights issues that need to be addressed for power sector
- FERC OKs NERC request to defer implementation of reliability standards due to COVID-19
- OPPD details actions it is taking on behalf of customers in response to pandemic
- Public power utilities sequester workers in response to COVID-19
- Additional Fla. public power utilities act to help customers in response to pandemic
- NTUA cites growing uncertainty tied to COVID-19 in postponing Light Up Navajo II project
- Texas public power utilities support customers during COVID-19
- Additional Fla. public power utilities act to help customers in response to pandemic
- Chelan County PUD Commissioners delay rate increase in light of COVID-19
- ESCC updated COVID-19 Resource Guide addresses PPE needs, control center mutual assistance
- Snohomish PUD responds rapidly to COVID-19 threat
- Federal Reserve to establish Municipal Liquidity Facility
- APPA urges Congress to boost funding for LIHEAP, Coronavirus Relief Fund
- APPA focusing on additional funding for members to weather COVID-19 financial crunch
- NERC seeks to defer implementation of reliability standards due to COVID-19
- NYPA board OKs plan to provide relief to economic development customers in response to pandemic
- Groups seek testing, PPE prioritization for mission-essential workers
- CPS Energy officials detail utility’s response to COVID-19 in Facebook Live event
- Platte River Power Authority cites COVID-19 in seeking delay of filing IRP
- ESCC COVID-19 Resource Guide updates cover generation facilities, supply chain
- FERC issues COVID-19 policy statement, takes other pandemic-related actions
- EPA issues enforcement and compliance guidance tied to COVID-19
- Memo offers guidance to governors on how to support energy sector during pandemic
- ESCC releases mission essential workforce list in response to COVID-19 pandemic
- Trump signs $2 trillion bill to address COVID-19 pandemic into law
- FERC, NARUC join forces in COVID-19 pandemic response efforts
- Coronavirus relief bill passed by Senate include additional $900 mil for LIHEAP
- TVA offers up to $1 bil of credit support to local power companies in response to COVID-19
- USDA Rural Development makes Rural Utility Service program changes in response to COVID-19
- Define COVID-19 emergency funding for PMAs, Corps and Reclamation as non-reimbursable: Ditto
- Federal Reserve takes steps to purchase some municipal debt
- COVID-19 Response: Electric Power Industry Closely Coordinating With Federal Partners
- ESCC checklist offers utilities guidance on mutual assistance during COVID-19
- Guidance helps local, state authorities identify critical workers for COVID-19 response
- Lawmakers urged to increase LIHEAP funding in response to COVID-19
- Ditto urges tax-writing committees to include several provisions in COVID-19 legislation
- House panel delays release of report on climate change, cites COVID-19 pandemic
- Ditto details public power’s efforts to address coronavirus
- Chatterjee outlines how FERC is responding to COVID-19 pandemic
- APPA details key needs of critical infrastructure operators to respond to COVID-19
- FERC, NERC offer guidance to ensure reliability amid potential coronavirus impacts
- APPA, others urge White House, Congress to consider bond provisions in coronavirus response
- APPA continues to monitor coronavirus pandemic in partnership with industry, government
- APPA takes a number of actions in response to coronavirus
- Deal reached to refund money transferred from LIHEAP program for coronavirus response