Safety
Helping utilities document and analyze safety-related events and activities: tailgate meetings, job safety briefings, crew and vehicle inspections, injuries, near-misses, and investigation reports.
Creating a Smart City Roadmap for Public Power Utilities, prepared by Smart Energy IP, provides a roadmap for cities and utilities considering implementing a smart city program. The paper lays...
Distributed Energy Resources
Key factors driving renewable energy development last year — strong demand, declining costs, gains in battery storage technology and grid operators’ growing ability to handle renewables— are poised to continue into 2019, according to consulting firm Deloitte.
Grid Modernization
Algona Municipal Utilities in Iowa, working with Iowa State University, has used a grant from the American Public Power Association’s Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments (DEED) program to develop a tool to help utilities make better use of the flood of data available from advanced metering infrastructure.
Security
Association Publications The American Public Power Association has a suite of resources to help in hardening a utility's physical security. Physical Security Essentials: A Public Power Primer Physical Security Essentials: A Public Power Primer, updated in 2024, addresses physical security protective