Energy Storage
California public power utility SMUD’s long-duration battery storage project in partnership with ESS Tech, Inc. has been awarded a $10 million grant from the California Energy Commission to demonstrate a 3.6-megawatt, 8-hour iron flow battery project.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
The electric utility sector including public power utilities are adopting a wide variety of strategies to mitigate against the threat that wildfires pose to utility infrastructure.
Community Engagement
In just 141 years public power has become baked into the American story. Public power harnesses both the progress of capitalism with the necessity for promoting the common good. It...
For the past 35 years, APPA and our members have celebrated Public Power Week during the first full week of October. This event is a time to highlight the unique...
This page includes summaries of and links to APPA’s regulatory filings at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), APPA’s comments to the Board of Trustees of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), and APPA's filings with other regulatory entities. For APPA's comments
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).
Streamlining Energy Infrastructure Permitting Issue Brief (PDF) Summary The American Public Power Association (APPA) urges federal policymakers to streamline federal permitting rules to help facilitate the construction of cost-effective energy infrastructure necessary to maintain electric
Generation
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on July 9 issued an order directing AEP Ohio to file new tariffs applying to data centers.
Pascoag Utility District (PUD), in partnership with Agilitas Energy, in July brought Rhode Island’s first utility scale a battery storage project online.
The evolving electric utility business environment places special demands on public power governance. However, public power veterans and policymakers agree that the more things change, the more they remain the same. Competitive Forces Reshape the Electricity Business “The pace of change in the