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Joint action agencies provide a range of vital services that would otherwise be out of reach for small resource-constrained utilities.
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.
There were approximately 394,000 customer outages in Florida as a result of Hurricane Ian as of the afternoon of October 4, down from a peak of 2.7 million customers without power, the Department of Energy reported.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
On the evening of Saturday, September 9, 2017, into Sunday, September 10, 2017, Hurricane Irma, a category 4 hurricane with sustained winds in excess of 120 miles per hour, and...
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.
Scott Corwin, APPA’s president and CEO, on how partnerships are essential for addressing our members’ needs and in finding new solutions.
Reliability
Learn about the array of indicators to measure your utility’s reliability, from the IEEE standards to best practices relating to disaster preparation, mutual aid, and cyber and physical security.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority on July 29 announced another successful Light Up Navajo mutual aid initiative.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
How public power, and the electric industry as a whole, have safely responded to major events and provided mutual aid in the era of COVID-19.
Adrienne Lotto, Vice President and Chief Risk and Resilience Officer at the New York Power Authority (NYPA), will join the American Public Power Association (APPA) as APPA’s new Senior Vice President of Grid Security, Technical and Operations Services, starting on October 1.