APPA President and CEO Joy Ditto on the importance of setting priorities that align with a strategic direction.
Electricity Markets
Three cities in New York State -- Albany, Schenectady, and Troy -- have joined a growing group of municipalities exploring community choice aggregation, New York-based Municipal Electric & Gas Alliance (MEGA) reported.
Energy Storage
Commercial customers can buy “shares” in off-site energy storage facilities and receive demand charge reductions for their investments under a unique program developed by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.
Electricity Markets
California State Senator Scott Wiener recently introduced legislation that would transform Pacific Gas and Electric into a public power utility. The legislation, S.B. 917, would turn PG&E into a publicly owned entity, creating the Northern California Energy Utility District. The structure of the
Community Engagement
Residents in Pueblo, Colorado, will vote on May 5 on a measure that would allow the city to leave investor-owned Black Hills Energy and form a public power utility.
Distributed Energy Resources
The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) in New York is rolling out a new, two-pronged community solar program.
In her latest blog post, Joy Ditto talks about how actions define advocacy - and why public power advocates are coming to Washington, DC this week.
Environment
This map shows the differences in how each state and territory has set either a goal or a standard to reduce carbon emissions, where public power is included, and where some individual goals go beyond state mandates.
Highlights of the value the American Public Power Association brought to the national public power community in 2024.
Generation
In a first-of-its-kind project, the Northern California Power Agency is preparing to convert a power plant so hydrogen can be blended with natural gas for its fuel.