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Disaster Response and Mutual Aid

Having a Plan Leads to Better Emergency Response

The importance of having a detailed emergency action plan — and how new templates from APPA can help utilities build their plans to improve emergency response.
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Reliability

Company Unveils Plans to Build New Power Transformer Plant in Alabama

Virginia Transformer announced plans to build a new 600,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art power transformer plant at the Shoals Research Airpark in Colbert County, Alabama capable of producing a wide range of power transformers.
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Transmission

APPA President and CEO Scott Corwin Emphasizes Need for Collaboration on Permitting Reform

It is crucial for trade groups representing public power, investor-owned utilities and rural cooperatives to collaborate to advance permitting reform, Scott Corwin, President and CEO of the American Public Power Association.
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Environment

EPA Sends Final Rule to Repeal the 2024 GHG Power Plant Rule to OMB

The Environmental Protection Agency on May 14 sent its final rule to repeal the 2024 Carbon Pollution Standards to the White House Office of Management and Budget for interagency review.
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Community Engagement

Holland BPW Officials Detail Activities Related to Outreach to Local Schools

The following is a transcript of the May 11, 2026, episode of Public Power Now. Learn more about subscribing to Public Power Now at Publicpower.org/Podcasts. Some quotes may have been edited for clarity. Paul Ciampoli Welcome to the latest episode of Public Power Now. I'm Paul Ciampoli, APPA's News

U.S. Energy Market Outlook

This session will be closed to the press. Take a deeper dive into the outlook for various parts of the energy sector in the U.S., including natural gas supply-demand balances and pricing forecasts. Examine what these trends mean for power generation and resource planning, and whether projected load...
June 29, 2026

General Session

Presentation of National Awards Recognizing excellence in public power leadership What’s Ahead for the Global Economy and Energy Markets
June 30, 2026
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Safety

Safety Summit

The Safety Summit is a dedicated venue for knowledge sharing, networking, and advancing safety initiatives across the public power community.
April 12 - 15, 2027
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Generation

NPPD Completes Next Gen Nuclear Feasibility Study, Identifies Top Four Siting Options for Advanced Nuclear Reactors

A siting feasibility study found that Sutherland, Beatrice, Brownville, and Norfolk are the top four communities in Nebraska best suited to host a next generation nuclear facility, based on current infrastructure and siting criteria, the Nebraska Public Power District said on May 20.