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What Does APPA Mean to Public Power Utilities?

A collection of perspectives from leaders of longtime APPA member utilities on how the association supports their work and how they serve their communities.
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Security

Exercising for Grid Security

How public power practices emergency response and other scenarios and what participating in exercises does to enhance grid security.
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Security

Common Cyber Risks and How to Mitigate Them

View this breakdown of common types of cyber threats and how to protect your organization against them.
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Electricity Markets

Effect Across Government from Shutdown Will Be Widely Disparate

With none of 12 annual appropriations bills signed into law and discussions of a stopgap spending bill at a stalemate, some federal offices will have closed starting Oct. 1, the beginning of the new fiscal year.
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Bonds and Financing

Nuclear Tax Credit and Foreign Entity Provisions Included in Treasury Priority Guidance Plan

Guidance relating to the Tax Code section 45U existing nuclear tax credit and to Tax Code sections 7701(a)(51) and (52) regarding prohibited foreign entity and material assistance restrictions for energy tax credits were among the 105 projects listed in the U.S. Department of Treasury “2025-2026 Priority Guidance Plan” released Sept. 30.
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Generation

TVA Names Matt Rasmussen as Chief Nuclear Officer

The Tennessee Valley Authority has named Matt Rasmussen as its new Chief Nuclear Officer, succeeding Tim Rausch, who is retiring after a distinguished 40-year career in the nuclear industry.