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Bonds and Financing

Garland Power & Light, City of Garland earn positive bond ratings

The City of Garland and Garland Power & Light (GP&L) have earned positive bond ratings from multiple agencies. Fitch Ratings has assigned an AAA rating to the City of Garland’s $16.7 million combination tax and revenue certificates of obligation, series 2020, which is the highest bond rating
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Understanding and managing power project contractor claims

It is critical that owners of public power projects understand – long before a need arises – which claims contractors are most likely to assert. Learn about the most common...
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Bonds and Financing

House bill supported by APPA makes energy tax credits available to public power

House Subcommittee on Select Revenues Chairman Mike Thompson, D-Calif., on June 25 introduced legislation that will allow public power utilities to directly benefit from energy tax incentives.
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Bonds and Financing

APPA voices support for bill’s smart infrastructure investment provisions

The American Public Power Association on June 29 said it strongly supports the smart infrastructure investment provisions that are in H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act.
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Bonds and Financing

Bipartisan Senate bill would reinstate ability to issue tax-exempt advance refunding bonds

A bipartisan group of senators on July 1 introduced the Lifting Our Communities through Advance Liquidity for Infrastructure (LOCAL Infrastructure) Act, which would reinstate the ability to issue tax-exempt advance refunding bonds.
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Senate bill would reinstate taxable direct payment bonds

Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., on July 8 unveiled the introduction of S. 4303, the American Infrastructure Bonds Act, which would allow the issuance of taxable direct payment bonds, akin to a Build America Bond.
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Bonds and Financing

NYPA sells more than $1.2 bil in bonds to finance capital expenditures

The New York Power Authority sold more than $1.2 billion in bonds to finance capital expenditures related to the Power Authority’s transmission assets and other capital projects, NYPA reported on May 29.
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Bonds and Financing

Rising wildfire risks are manageable for California’s publicly owned utilities: Moody’s

Except in extreme scenarios, rising wildfire risks are manageable for California's publicly owned electric utilities, Moody's Investors Service said in a recent report.
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Fairness In Energy Incentives Is Within Reach

APPA President and CEO Joy Ditto explains how public power utilities are on the brink of a comparable tax incentive for clean energy development.
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Bonds and Financing

Advanced Public Utility Accounting

Part of the Spring Education Institute. This practical course examines the more complicated aspects of accounting theory and practice to inform planning and decision-making and help execute your day-to-day work more efficiently and effectively.
May 7 - 8, 2026