Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
I don’t know about you, but our mutual aid team breathes a big sigh of relief on December 1 — the “official” end to the Atlantic hurricane season. While there...
Community Engagement
I have immensely enjoyed my 15 years at the Association. Among the things I have appreciated the most is working with our staff and members, past and present. The dedicated...
Transmission is the critical link between large-scale electric generating facilities and the local system of wires connecting homes and businesses in your community. Public power customers share this resource with every other customer connected to the grid, and so public power utilities are
Bills and Rates
The board of commissioners of the Snohomish County Public Utility District has approved two new rate design plans, including a pilot time-of-day (TOD) plan for commercial and industrial customers. The rates for the time-of-day program include a nights and weekends discount designed to save customers
Joy Ditto served as the American Public Power Association’s president and CEO from January 13, 2020 to January 31, 2023. Before that, she was the president and CEO of the Utilities Technology Council, a global trade association representing electric, gas, and water utilities on their mission
Community Engagement
Public power utilities are invited to use the Get to Know Public Power eBook to help new board and council members – as well as other stakeholders – understand what...
Bills and Rates
A snapshot of how the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program has helped vulnerable households meet their immediate home energy needs.
Electricity Markets
An overview of FERC's proposed changes to its PURPA rules - and APPA's take on how the reforms are reasonable and could help public power utilities keep costs down.