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Workforce
Several public power utilities have been recognized by Forbes and Statista, an analytics company, as among America’s best employers for 2019.
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The evolving electric utility business environment places special demands on public power governance. However, public power veterans and policymakers agree that the more things change, the more they remain the same. Competitive Forces Reshape the Electricity Business “The pace of change in the
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Women have long played a prominent role in public power leadership. Under its strategic initiative to “support workforce planning,” the American Public Power Association provides many networking and professional development opportunities for women to grow and contribute in public power. We asked
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Community Engagement
“The first and most important choice a leader makes is the choice to serve, without which one’s capacity to lead is severely limited.” –Robert Greenleaf It is incredible that today, we have thousands of homes in the United States that have never been connected to electricity. And 75% of those homes
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Grid Modernization
After first focusing on the cost saving benefits of advanced metering infrastructure, utilities are using the infrastructure and data AMI gathers in multiple ways, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Distributed Energy Resources
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District recently signed a 30-year power purchase agreement with Lendlease Energy Development for the output from a 160-megawatt solar project on the site of the decommissioned Rancho Seco Nuclear Generation Station.
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Distributed Energy Resources
The California Independent System Operator recently curtailed a record amount of solar and wind power.
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Distributed Energy Resources
U.S. renewable energy developer Clearway Energy Group at the end of June signed an agreement with Australian technology company Power Ledger to develop a blockchain platform for trading renewable energy credits (RECs).
Customer Service
A law that went into effect in Florida at the start of July prevents third parties from gaining real-time access to public power customers’ usage information and meter-derived data.
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Customer Service
Despite overbooked flights with undersized seats and frequent delays, the airline industry earns higher customer satisfaction scores than the utilities sector in the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Still, the electric industry has its share of high-flyers that are leading the way in exceeding