Contact Tobias Sellier, Senior Director of Media Relations and Communications at MediaRelations@PublicPower.org Washington D.C., February 25, 2026—Representative Bruce Westerman (R-AR) today received the American Public Power Association’s Public Service Award...
Clean energy resources funded through a new agreement tied to a data center in Minnesota include a 300-megawatt iron-air battery system installation.
Tom Barry, Chief Executive Officer of the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC), attended the State of the Union Address on February 24, as a guest of Massachusetts First District Rep. Richard Neal, Ranking Member on the House Ways and Means Committee.
Randy Howard, general manager of Northern California Power Agency, and Mason Baker, CEO and general manager of Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, on Feb. 24 testified before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries on federal wildfire policy.
The American Public Power Association’s Legislative & Resolutions Committee approved eight policy resolutions during the association’s 2026 Legislative Rally. These member-sponsored resolutions will guide APPA’s advocacy efforts in 2026 and beyond.
Amazon announced plans to invest $12 billion in northwest Louisiana to build state-of-the-art data center campuses that will support cloud computing technologies.