grid
Brian Wilbur, Senior Assistant General Manager, Power Systems, Construction, Maintenance, and Operations, at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, recently provided details on how the utility is taking steps to mitigate the threat of wildfires.
APPA President and CEO Joy Ditto reflects on her recent travels to Kansas and Oklahoma to reconnect with members and the public power community in person.
solar
Platte River Power Authority has initiated permitting for a 150 megawatt (MW) solar power project in Weld County, Colo.
coal
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has chosen the University of Illinois’ Prairie Research Institute (PRI) to conduct large-scale pilot testing of a carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technology at Springfield, Ill., public power utility City Water, Light and Power’s (CWLP) Dallman Unit 4.
congress
Public power utilities and rural electric cooperatives should be allowed to receive direct payment refundable energy tax credits, leaders of the American Public Power Association (APPA), National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and Large Public Power Council (LPPC) told congressional leaders in a May 14 letter.
APPA President and CEO Joy Ditto provides a perspective on addressing climate change in the power sector by discussing how public power utilities have been at the forefront of innovation...
Hand holding a weight
How public power utilities are finding ways to develop, recruit, and retain people with the right set of skills needed for now - and well into the future.
substation
The City of Rochelle and Rochelle Municipal Utilities in Illinois have broken ground for a $13.8 million substation to serve new industrial growth.