The CPS Energy Board of Trustees recently voted to elect current Vice Chair, Dr. Francine Sanders Romero, as the new Board Chair and Dr. Willis Mackey as the new Vice Chair, effective February 1, 2025.
Unprecedented demand growth from traditional loads, data centers, and electrification is coming at a time when traditional generation is retiring prematurely and new, reliable generation cannot be built quickly enough. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation increased its 10-year summer
Security
The electric sector has strong mandatory and enforceable cyber and physical security standards in place. Threats are always evolving, and standards are only one part of ensuring security. Support strong industry-government partnerships to prevent, prepare for, and respond to attacks. Oppose
Bonds and Financing
Public power is ready to work with the federal government to deploy energy infrastructure funding in a way that increases the resilience of the grid, reduces emissions, and helps keep electricity affordable Federal energy infrastructure funding must be available to public power utilities and their
Energy Storage
While the deployment of energy storage systems across the U.S. has grown dramatically in the U.S. in recent years, they are facing resistance in some communities where residents have voiced concerns over the risk of energy storage system fires and the amount of space required to install storage systems.
Electricity Markets
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Feb. 11 accepted revisions to a section of PJM Interconnection’s Open Access Transmission Tariff known as the Reliability Resource Initiative to add provisions enabling a one-time reliability-based expansion of the eligibility criteria for “Transition Cycle #2” of PJM’s existing interconnection queue.
Community Engagement
Heartland Energy is helping two customers invest in the future of their communities. The cities of Aurora and Miller, South Dakota each earned $5,000 economic development grants to assist with key projects aimed at enhancing local infrastructure and driving economic growth.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Hurricane Helene heavily impacted ElectriCities member communities in western North Carolina and South Carolina and in the wake of the destruction, other ElectriCities members across North Carolina rose to the occasion and traveled to hard-hit areas to get the power back on, it said on Nov. 12.
Community Engagement
At its annual Energy Connections Conference & Trade Show in Daytona Beach, Fla., the Florida Municipal Electric Association on Nov. 12 awarded 20 Florida public power utilities with “Building Strong Communities” awards.
Disaster Response and Mutual Aid
Contact Tobias Sellier, Senior Director of Media Relations and Communications at MediaRelations@PublicPower.org or 202-467-2927 Washington, D.C., January 16, 2025 — The American Public Power Association greatly appreciates the decision to...