Disaster Response and Mutual Aid

Communications Trailer Helps McMinnville Water and Light Prepare to Respond to Disaster Events

In a recent interview with APPA, Steve Wendell, Civil Engineering Supervisor at Oregon public power utility McMinnville Water and Light, discusses a communications trailer developed by the utility that will enable it to communicate in the event that a disaster damages or wipes out communication systems regionally or nationally.
Customer Service

Public Power Communities: Waupun, Wisconsin

A look at how the utility for this small Wisconsin city builds on its long legacy of service by maintaining trust and continually improving services for its residents.

Adam Patterson

Electricity Markets

How FERC Is Looking at Key Questions About New Large Loads

How the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is developing new policies to meet the technical and structural demands presented by load growth.
A crew from Provo Power works with NTUA during the Light Up Navajo initiative in 2025. An array of pole mount transformers is in the foreground.
Grid Modernization

Managing Growth

How public power is handling growth in load, customers, and more
Reliability

NERC Interregional Transfer Capability Study Canadian Analysis Finds Grid Increasingly Vulnerable

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation has published its Interregional Transfer Capability Study Canadian Analysis of transfer capability between transmission planning regions and the reliability benefits of enhancing cross-provincial and cross-border transmission.