Rylee Gunn climbs a utility pole with the American flag in the background.
Workforce
As she prepares to join the growing ranks of female public power utility lineworkers, Rylee Gunn, an apprentice with Florida public power utility Fort Pierce Utilities Authorities, gained valuable experience while participating in the APPA Lineworkers Rodeo in Lafayette, Louisiana this month.
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Electricity Markets
The Kaplan, La., Council recently voted to become a Full Requirements Member of the Louisiana Energy and Power Authority at its February meeting, and the LEPA Board of Directors then approved the agreement at its February 19 meeting.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
A total of 21 teams recently competed at the Northeast Public Power Association's Lineworker’s Rodeo, to kick off its RodE&O Conference and Expo at Loon Mountain Resort in Lincoln, New Hampshire.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Public power utilities are continuing to make progress in their power restoration efforts in the wake of Winter Storm Fern.
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Electricity Markets
Public power is uniquely positioned to embrace the future of the electric utility industry, said Scott Corwin, President and CEO of the American Public Power Association, in remarks made at APPA’s National Conference in San Diego, Calif., on June 10.
Light Up Navajo is an initiative to bring electricity to the 15,000 Navajo households that do not have power. The Navajo Nation is 27,000 square miles, a service area that makes providing electricity no small task. The terrain, distance between the homes, and the sheer size of the area makes it
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A breakdown of which activities and items can go into resilience initiatives, what kind of spending on resilience is projected to be needed, and sources of funding.
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Community Engagement
The strength of the public power business model was lauded at the MLP State House Day, hosted by the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, the Commonwealth’s designated joint action agency for municipal utilities.
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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The FEMA Review Council held its second public meeting on July 9.
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Community Engagement
“The first and most important choice a leader makes is the choice to serve, without which one’s capacity to lead is severely limited.” –Robert Greenleaf It is incredible that today, we have thousands of homes in the United States that have never been connected to electricity. And 75% of those homes