grid
Customer Service
Utilities can create and send personalized emergency messages through Message Broadcast’s communications platform, Enterprise Omnichannel Notification System. The platform can increase the speed of communication by over 80% and help utilities keep customers informed and safe during emergencies.
people
Susan Lynch, Director, Database Systems & Analysis at the American Public Power Association and the longest serving employee in APPA’s history, will retire on July 1, 2024.
grid
Transmission
The New York Power Authority and LS Power have submitted joint proposals to the New York Independent System Operator in response to an April 4 Public Policy Transmission Need solicitation to deliver offshore wind generation into New York City.
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Distributed Energy Resources
Lincoln Electric System has announced plans to decommission the two oldest wind generators in Nebraska, located in northeast Lincoln.
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Bills and Rates
Nebraska public power utility Omaha Public Power District’s electricity rates are among the lowest in the region and in the nation, as detailed in an OPPD annual monitoring report that the OPPD Board of Directors accepted at this month’s meeting.
Workforce

Spring Education Institute

Featuring eight in-depth, interactive, accredited courses for public power professionals in a variety of key operational areas.
May 3 - 7, 2027