grid
Electricity Markets
Southwest Power Pool on June 4 filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission amendments to its tariff that include provisions specific to its western members.
grid
Transmission
A new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory identifies barriers within rules and operational practices that may limit the value existing interregional transmission can provide to electric consumers and identifies a suite of options that could enable greater use of and value from interregional transmission.
grid
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.
grid
Reliability
Austin Energy’s power generation and transmission facilities have completed their weatherization readiness activities in preparation for the summer season, the Texas public power utility said on June 6.
Workforce

Leadership Essentials Certificate Program

Part of the Spring Education Institute. The Leadership Essentials Certificate Program is designed to help new managers develop employees’ skills as well as their own. These skills are critical to organizational performance, employee development and retention, and leader growth.
May 3 - 6, 2027
San Diego, California, June 11, 2024 — Eighteen individuals and nine utilities were recognized for service to the American Public Power Association and the public power industry during APPA’s National...
batt
Energy Storage
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s community choice energy program, CleanPowerSF, is expanding its renewable energy portfolio, committing to a new 15-megawatt battery energy storage and 20-megawatt solar project in Stanislaus County, Calif.
grid
Electricity Markets
The Seattle, Wash., City Council recently voted to confirm Dawn Lindell to serve as the General Manager and CEO of Seattle City Light, a public power utility.
Contact Tobias Sellier, Senior Director of Media Relations and Communications at TSellier@PublicPower.org or 202-467-2927 Nicholas Lawler of Littleton Electric Light and Water as Chair San Diego, California, June 12, 2024...