Browse the reports, white papers, and other materials published by the American Public Power Association based on your area of interest. Note that some publications are only available for members and others are available for purchase.
Bills and Rates
This series of essays presents a set of perspectives from thought leaders in rate design, supplemented by examples of how public power utilities are reshaping their rate design strategies to...
Energy Storage
Energy storage is making headlines and garnering attention from the public, electric utilities, lawmakers, and regulators. Reasons behind this interest include a variety of potential benefits to customers and the...
Creating a Smart City Roadmap for Public Power Utilities, prepared by Smart Energy IP, provides a roadmap for cities and utilities considering implementing a smart city program. The paper lays...
Electric Vehicles
This hands-on guide walks public power utility leaders and staff through the steps in creating a strategy, planning, and executing an electric vehicle program in their community. The blueprint includes...
Security
This series of videos describes key cybersecurity concepts for public power utilities. Utilities are welcome to share these videos with staff, third party service providers, and customers to help build...
Generation
An analysis of the types of financial arrangements behind new electric generation capacity that completed construction and came online in 2018 and 2019. While there are extensive data available on...
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
This guidebook is to help public power utilities, joint action agencies, state associations, and other industry representatives in the development or continuous improvement of emergency preparedness programs and all-hazards planning...
Distributed Energy Resources
As more people invest in onsite generation, such as rooftop solar panels, home battery storage, electric vehicles, and other technologies, the nation's electric grid and electric utilities have an important...