For the past three-and-a-half decades, the American Public Power Association and our members have celebrated Public Power Week during the first full week of October. It is a time to highlight the unique attributes and benefits of not-for-profit, community-owned electric utilities. During Public
A close look at your customers’ energy-use patterns could reveal opportunities for reducing consumption and electricity costs.
APPA President and CEO Joy Ditto gets philosophical, noting that the commonalities among public power utilities can be traced through etymology to the industry’s defining characteristics.
The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) recently included energy storage in its market portfolio for the first time.
Douglas County PUD General Manager Gary Ivory and Tacoma Power Director Jackie Flowers are playing key roles with the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association (PNWH2), serving as the association’s secretary and treasurer, respectively.
Faced with growing concerns about power supply options, some public power communities in the Western U.S. are embracing a new, innovative nuclear technology option by signing on to a small modular reactor (SMR) project in Idaho.