Get the RP3 Promotion Toolkit When you’ve been recognized as a Reliable Public Power Provider, it means you follow industry standards and best practices and have shown high proficiency in providing reliable and safe electric service. Be sure to promote your designation broadly. Email us at RP3
About the RP3 Review Panel The RP 3 Review Panel has 18 members appointed by the chair of APPA's Board of Directors. Two Panel seats represent either a joint action agency or state association. Six Panel seats are for two representatives each from small, medium, and large public power utilities. The
About the Application System Applications for the Reliable Public Power Provider designation are open May 1 – September 30 each year. The 2025 RP 3 application closed on September 30, 2025. Please come back to this page in April 2026 for next year's application. The RP 3 application asks questions
Series Info Additional Information Series Description From incorporating new technology to attracting top talent and passing along institutional know-how to the next generation, there are many workforce challenges that keep public power leaders up at night. This four-part webinar series will help
Bristol Tennessee Essential Services is the first utility to receive the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, presented annually to U.S. manufacturing, service, small business, health care, education and nonprofit organizations that apply and are judged to be outstanding in seven criteria for performance excellence.