Security
About the Issue Cyber and physical security related to electric system infrastructure - collectively known as grid security - comprises four key pillars: Mandatory and enforceable standards Information sharing Public-private partnerships Preparedness exercises Standards The North American Electric
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida on Wednesday morning as a category 3 hurricane. Prior to its arrival, public power utilities were pre-staged to prepare for power restoration efforts in the wake of Idalia’s arrival.
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Workforce
Joint action agencies provide a range of vital services that would otherwise be out of reach for small resource-constrained utilities.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Electric utility crews, including those at public power utilities, have been at the ready over the last few days to help with the disaster unfolding in Houston, but so far, the situation in the biggest city in Texas looks more like a matter of saving lives than of getting power restored.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Florida public power utilities have worked around the clock to restore power for customers impacted by Hurricane Idalia and as of the afternoon of Aug. 31 power has been restored to more than 210,000 customers, the Florida Municipal Electric Association reported.
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Scott Corwin, APPA’s president and CEO, on how partnerships are essential for addressing our members’ needs and in finding new solutions.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority on July 29 announced another successful Light Up Navajo mutual aid initiative.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The National Weather Service confirmed multiple tornadoes formed in Dodge County, Wisconsin, on May 15, including one that led to a full system outage for Wisconsin public power utility Juneau Utilities around 4:30 p.m. that day. Transmission lines feeding Juneau’s three substations were impacted
Security
This playbook provides public power utilities with step-by-step guidance and critical considerations in preparing for a cyber incident and developing a response plan that enables staff to take swift, effective...
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Community Engagement
Amy Zubaly, Executive Director for the Florida Municipal Electric Association, on Oct. 28 detailed FMEA’s accomplishments and activities to date for 2025 in remarks she made at FMEA’s 2025 FMEA Energy Connections Conference & Trade Show in Jacksonville, Fla.