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A group of New Mexico lawmakers is asking state utility regulators to launch a study that would evaluate shifting the state’s electric sector to public power. The lawmakers said in their petition filed at the New Mexico Public Regulatory Commission (PRC) that they “believe that it is probable that
APPA President and CEO Joy Ditto reflects on the challenges and highlights of her first two years leading the association and looks forward to continuing to help our member utilities...
Daniel Beans has been appointed director of California’s Roseville Electric Utility. He will start Feb. 7, 2022.
Kansas Power Pool (KPP) CEO and General Manager Mark Chesney, who began his work at KPP more than nine years ago, is set to retire at the end of January. He will be succeeded by Colin Hansen, current Executive Director of Kansas Municipal Utilities and American Public Power Association (APPA) Board Chairman.
Ann Arbor, Michigan’s City Council on Jan. 18 unanimously adopted a resolution initiating a feasibility study for a public power utility.
As we forge ahead into 2022, APPA President and CEO Joy Ditto takes stock of what we accomplished on our members’ behalf during the past 12 months as we prepare...
The City of New Bern, a public power community in North Carolina, made a new hire to their engineering team this month -- but even as a new employee fresh from graduate school, Amitosh “Tosh” Banerjee does not need an office tour, and already knows his colleagues.
City Utilities of Springfield, Mo., raised just under $10,000 for United Way of the Ozarks through a raffle event with the winner detonating the implosion of power plant stacks.
For Women's History Month, APPA President and CEO Joy Ditto honors the women pioneers in public power of the past while emphasizing that it is vital that we nurture and...
The City of Valley Center, Kansas, recently took the next step towards possible municipalization of its electric utility through the issuance of a solicitation for a municipalization feasibility study.