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Electric Reliability Issue Brief (PDF) Summary The American Public Power Association (APPA) supports legislation, H.R. 3616/S. 3034, the Reliable Power Act, that would give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) the authority to determine and mitigate significant reliability impacts of
May 4, 2021
Noting that public power utilities have an “ethic of demonstrated innovation in their communities,” Scott Corwin, President and CEO of the American Public Power Association, recently detailed a wide range of cutting-edge projects that public power utilities are pursuing including the development of advanced nuclear generation and the exploration of emerging non-lithium ion long duration energy storage technologies.
Public power utility officials who are members of the American Public Power Association’s Mutual Aid Committee and APPA staff on March 14-15 gathered at APPA’s headquarters in Virginia to discuss and take action in a number of areas including updates to the APPA Mutual Aid Playbook.
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved the certificate of need for a major transmission project being developed by Missouri River Energy Services -- on behalf of Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency -- and other utilities.
The U.S. Department of Energy issued seven emergency orders to mitigate the risk of blackouts in Florida as exceptionally low temperatures hit the state and were expected to persist through early this week.
Duke Energy on Aug. 14 asked state and federal regulators for permission to combine its two electric utilities in the Carolinas.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas on Feb. 13 approved a new rule establishing the Texas Energy Fund Outside of ERCOT Grant Program (OEGP).
Weeks after receiving the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of the Southwest Power Pool’s Markets+ Tariff, SPP announced Feb. 14 it has received commitments sufficient to support the financing necessary for the next phase of development.
February marks Black History Month. The American Public Power Association pays tribute to the Black American leaders who, over a half-century ago, sought to establish the Utilities Board of Tuskegee (UBT).
Holtec International on May 1 reported that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the state of Utah and Hi Tech Solutions, a nuclear services provider based in Kennewick, Washington, to collaborate in the deployment of SMR-300s in Utah and the broader Mountain West region.