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Former Arizona Municipal Power Users’ Association Executive Secretary and General Counsel Michael Curtis Passes Away

Michael Curtis, who served for many years as Executive Secretary and later General Counsel to the Arizona Municipal Power Users’ Association and was active nationally with the American Public Power Association, passed away in late January.
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Bills and Rates

Strategic Rate Design for a Dynamic Industry

Part two of the three-part Utility Finance Toolkit series. Explore how utilities are updating rate design in response to decarbonization, new technologies, and shifting customer needs. Learn the strategies shaping future pricing and how innovative rate structures can support fairness and financial
July 21 - 22, 2026
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Bills and Rates

Foundations of Utility Financial Planning

Part one of the three-part Utility Finance Toolkit series. Get a clear introduction to the financial planning principles that support utility stability, effective rate design, and long term fiscal health. Learn the core metrics and revenue requirements that reveal your utility’s financial
June 9 - 10, 2026
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Generation

Energy Department Announces $175 Million to Modernize Coal Plants

The U.S. Department of Energy on Feb. 11 announced $175 million in funding for six projects to modernize, retrofit, and extend the useful life of coal-fired power plants that serve rural and remote communities across the United States.
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Safety

City Water, Light and Power Employees Achieve 2025 Safety Record

City Water, Light and Power employees achieved a major safety milestone in 2025, recording the lowest accident rate in the utility’s history and sending more employees home safely at the end of each workday, the Illinois public power utility reported in late January.

Public Power Day of Giving

Help demonstrate public power's commitment to community service by volunteering with us in Boston, Massachusetts!
June 26, 2026
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Generation

NuScale Power to Collaborate with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to Explore Artificial Intelligence-Guided Nuclear Fuel Management

NuScale Power on Feb. 12 said that it will partner with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to utilize an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled nuclear design framework for a 12-NuScale Power Module™ (NPM) configuration "to strategically explore how fuel could be even more efficiently and effectively managed across multiple reactors at a single site."
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Generation

Legislation Tied to New Nuclear Power Includes Language that Impacts Public Power

U.S. Sens. Jim Risch (R-ID) and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) on Feb. 10 introduced the Accelerating Reliable Capacity (ARC) Act, which would authorize federal backstop authority to help utilities and reactor operators cover cost overruns of advanced nuclear reactor projects.
Maintain Affordability
As community-owned, not-for-profit utilities, public power is uniquely concerned about reliability and affordability: we are the customers we serve. While the average public power utility rate remains low relative to the national average, several factors are driving up costs for all utilities
February 12, 2026
Mitigate the Threat from Wildfires
Wildfires are a growing national threat, intensifying each year and devastating more communities. Utilities must manage vegetation near power lines to reduce wildfire risk. Public power utilities face delays in implementing comprehensive vegetation management plans for rights-of-way (ROW) on federal
February 12, 2026