covid
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Leaders of public power utilities across the U.S. recently detailed how their utilities were prepared to successfully respond and adapt to a myriad of challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
I don’t know about you, but our mutual aid team breathes a big sigh of relief on December 1 — the “official” end to the Atlantic hurricane season. While there...
map denoting state carbon emissions targets
Environment
This map shows the differences in how each state and territory has set either a goal or a standard to reduce carbon emissions, where public power is included, and where some individual goals go beyond state mandates.
Generation
As more state and local governments set targets to eliminate or significantly reduce carbon emissions, this interactive report presents key data on trends in electricity generation and explains the impact...
As a society, we will be analyzing the COVID-19 situation, and the effectiveness of our response, for many years into the future. From a personal standpoint, my response has been...
Benjamin Franklin once said, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” Although he was not specifically talking about how electric utilities prepare for hurricanes, tornados, ice storms, and...
The real achievements of public power operations staff - lineworkers, engineers, and more - can be witnessed every minute of every day as the lights stay on and we can...
From control room operators to instrument and control technicians and more, the electricity sector’s mission-essential personnel are doing their part in the fight against COVID-19. Here's a roundup of examples...
This post originally appeared in Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's Intake Magazine. Upholstery has always been a reliable place to find loose change, after dinner mints and paper...
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Electric utility customers and officials in Stoughton, Wis., are thanking their local lineworkers, as well as those from many neighboring public power communities, for their quick response to safely restore service in the wake of a recent tornado traveling up to 95 miles per hour.