Distributed Energy Resources
Avangrid recently announced the signing of a power purchase agreement with Amazon for energy from a new solar project called Oregon Trail Solar.
Security
View this breakdown of common types of cyber threats and how to protect your organization against them.
Reliability
The American Public Power Association, Edison Electric Institute, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, and the Large Public Power Council recently submitted comments in response to the notice of proposed rulemaking from the Federal Aviation Administration, Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations.
Reliability
Bristol Tennessee Essential Services, in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority, on Oct. 6 announced the official ribbon cutting and energization of the South Bristol Delivery Point Substation, a major infrastructure project located in Bristol, Tennessee.
Workforce
The Marblehead Municipal Light Commission unanimously voted to enter into an employment contract with Jon Blair as the new General Manager with an effective start September 29.
Grid Modernization
Public power utilities recently received Fortnightly Top Innovators 2025 Awards at the annual Public Utilities Fortnightly Top Innovators Conference in Washington, D.C.
Electricity Markets
The U.S. Senate on Oct. 7 voted 51 – 47 to approve S. Res. 412, an en bloc package of roughly 100 nominees, including confirming the nominations of Laura Swett and David LaCerte to be Federal Energy Regulatory Commission commissioners.
Security
How the dynamic time upon public power requires utilities and APPA to meet rising standards for grid safety and security.
A collection of perspectives from leaders of longtime APPA member utilities on how the association supports their work and how they serve their communities.
Security
The City of Greenville, Texas, has concluded its investigation into the cyber incident first identified on August 5, 2025.