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Safety

Easton Utilities President and CEO Details Utility’s Focus on Safety

At Maryland public power utility Easton Utilities, “safety is the foundation of everything we do,” said John Horner, President and CEO of the utility, in a recent interview with APPA.
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Workforce

Pole Attachments 201

Part 2 of a 2-Part Series. An advanced session exploring current legal, regulatory, and operational trends in pole attachments, including emerging challenges, federal initiatives, and strategies for effective management.
January 22, 2026
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Community Engagement

Holyoke Gas & Electric Continues Evaluation of Residential Fiber

Holyoke Gas & Electric recently detailed how the Massachusetts public power utility is continuing to evaluate residential fiber for its customers.
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Reliability

House Energy & Commerce Passes Expansion of Federal Pole Attachment Regulations and Energy Efficiency Standards Bill

The House Energy & Commerce Committee on Dec. 3 held a markup, during which two bills of interest to public power were considered.
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Missouri Public Utility Alliance Awarded $1.1 Million Grant for Workforce Training

The MPUA Resource Services Corporation has been awarded a $1.1 million American Rescue Plan Act workforce training grant from the Missouri Department of Economic Development, the Missouri Public Utility Alliance said on Jan. 25.
broadband

Tennessee’s EPB Launches First Community-Wide 25 Gig Internet Service In The U.S.

Chattanooga, Tenn., public power utility EPB has launched the nation’s first community-wide 25 gigabits per second internet service to be available to all residential and commercial customers over a 100% fiber optic network with symmetrical upload and download speeds, it said on Aug. 24.
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Department of Commerce Unveils State Allocations for $42.45 Billion High-Speed Internet Grant Program

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration on June 26 announced how it has allocated $42.45 billion of funding to all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five territories to deploy high-speed Internet service to everyone in America.
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Benton PUD and Anterix Bring Private Wireless to the Pacific Northwest

Benton PUD and Anterix have entered into an agreement for Benton PUD to acquire a 10 MHz 900 MHz spectrum license from Anterix, establishing the first private wireless broadband deployment among publicly owned utilities in the Pacific Northwest.
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Distributed Energy Resources

U.S. Department of Agriculture to Invest $76.5 Million in NTUA Solar Farm

U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Utah State Director Michele Weaver on March 26 announced USDA is investing $76.5 million to expand the Red Mesa Tapaha Solar Farm in Utah.
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APPA grant to fund research initiative tied to enhancing grid resilience

The University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Energy Transition Institute (ETI) has been awarded a grant of more than $100,000 from the American Public Power Association’s (APPA) Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments (DEED) program to launch Project Groundwork, a research initiative that will explore electric distribution solutions to enhance grid resilience.