Public Power Now
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Holland BPW Officials Detail Activities Related to Outreach to Local Schools
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Ashley Day, Education and Visitor Programs Specialist at Holland Board of Public Works, and Dave Koster, General Manager at Holland Board of Public Works, discuss the Michigan public power utility’s ou...
MISO President and CEO Discusses Large Load Growth, Details How MISO is Preparing to Meet Summer Power Demand
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, John Bear, President and CEO of the Midcontinent ISO, discusses how MISO is planning for large load growth, details how the grid operator is preparing to meet summer power demand this year and provides...
Springfield Utility Board’s Tracy Sutten Details Role as Resource Planning Manager, Discusses Generator Loan Programs
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Tracy Sutten, resource planning manager at Oregon public power utility Springfield Utility Board, describes her role at the utility and details SUB generator loan programs for residential and small bus...
FEMA Mutual Aid Reimbursement and Emergency Action Plan Templates Offer Actionable Tools for APPA Members
In the latest episode of the Public Power Now podcast, Pat Hart, Senior Director for Resilience Programs at APPA, and Giacomo Wray, Operations Services Senior Manager at APPA, offer details on FEMA mutual aid reimbursement and emergency action ...
APPA Virtual Roundtable Tackles Artificial Intelligence in Risk Management
In the latest episode of the Public Power Now podcast, Aggie Serrame, Resilience Program Manager at APPA, offers details on an AI in Risk Management Roundtable that APPA is hosting on April 16. The online event, which is for APPA members only, ...
Cybersecurity Accelerator Program Allows Public Power Utilities to Benchmark Efforts
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Rob Denaburg, senior manager for cybersecurity at the American Public Power Association, said participating in APPA’s new Cybersecurity Accelerator Program has several benefits, which include allowing ...
Value, Benefits Delivered to Energy New England’s Public Power Utility Owners Detailed by ENE President and CEO John Tzimorangas
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, John Tzimorangas, President and CEO of Energy New England, details how Energy New England delivers value and benefits to its public power utility owners. He also discusses FirstLight’s announcement in ...
APPA’s Ursula Schryver Details Key Sessons, Other Activities at National Conference
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Ursula Schryver, Senior Vice President, Education, Training & Events at APPA, highlights key sessions and other activities that will take place at APPA’s National Conference. This year’s National C...
Brownsville Public Utilities Board’s GM and CEO Marilyn Gilbert Details Key Elements of Strategic Business Plan
In the latest episode of the Public Power Now podcast, Marilyn Gilbert, General Manager and CEO of the Brownsville Public Utilities Board, details key elements of the Texas public power utility’s 2026-2030 Strategic Business Plan. She also prov...
New General Manager of the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities Details Open Access Fiber Network Project, Flex Rate Program
In the latest episode of the Public Power Now podcast, Kristofor Sellstrom, General Manager of the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities, details the New York public power utility’s community-owned, open-access fiber network project and discusses...
SRP Event Offers Unique Way to Test and Train Apprenticeship Hopefuls
In the latest episode of the Public Power Now podcast, John Pfeiffer, Supervisor of the Line Apprenticeship Program at Arizona public power utility Salt River Project, discusses SRP’s “Grunt Olympics,” a unique way in which SRP tests and trains...
CMUA’s Danielle Blacet-Hyden Details New Campaign to Educate Public, Others About Value of Public Power
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Danielle Blacet-Hyden, Executive Director of the California Municipal Utilities Association, details a new CMUA campaign aimed at educating legislators, regulators, journalists, and the general public ...
Benefits of Participating in APPA Lineworkers Rodeo Detailed by President and CEO of Huntsville Utilities
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Wes Kelley, President and CEO of Huntsville Utilities, the public power utility for Huntsville, Alabama, details the benefits of public power utilities participating in APPA’s 2026 Lineworkers Rodeo, w...
New LES Job Shadow Program Gives High School Students the Opportunity to Explore Career Paths
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Robin Schoettlin, Recruiting and Outreach Senior Specialist at Nebraska public power utility Lincoln Electric System, details the utility’s new program called Power Pathways. The initiative aims to pro...
Austin Utilities GM Tom Dankert Details Utility Succession Planning Efforts
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Tom Dankert, General Manager of Austin, Minnesota-based Austin Utilities, discusses how the utility is proactively addressing succession planning and details how the utility benefits from being a membe...
Lakeland Electric’s Korey Bush Details Customer Academy Benefits, Discusses High Marks from J.D. Power
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Korey Bush, Assistant General Manager for Customer Service at Florida public power utility Lakeland Electric, details how Lakeland Electric’s Customer Academy provides a useful tool for customers to le...
Benefits of Participating in Leadership Toolkit Webinar Series are Detailed
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Cyndi Wentland, the founder of Intentional Leaders, details how public power officials will benefit from participating in a webinar series of APPA’s Leadership Toolkit, which offers a comprehensive pat...
HMLP Achieves Savings Through a Strategic Demand Response Effort
In the latest episode of APPA’s Public Power Now podcast, Brianna Bennett, Sustainability Coordinator at Massachusetts public power utility Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant, and Chris Kelley, Vice President at Beam Reach Consulting Group, discu...
SRP’s Jeff Shaver Details How Customers Benefit from Recycling of Old Power Lines
Jeff Shaver, investment recovery analyst at Arizona public power utility Salt River Project, details how SRP is recycling old power lines and giving new life to previously un-recyclable material. He also details how SRP customers are benefiting...
APPA’s Patricia Taylor Details Key Takeaways from New Report on Data Centers
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Patricia Taylor, Policy Director at APPA, discusses a recently released report by APPA on data centers. Among other things, she explains why APPA prepared the report on serving data centers and discuss...
Fredericksburg, Texas, Officials Detail Steps Taken to Achieve Almost 40 Years Without a Lost Time Work Injury
In the latest episode of the Public Power Now podcast, Kyle Treibs, Superintendent of Electric Department for the City of Fredericksburg, Texas, and Kris Kneese, Director of Public Works & Utilities, for the city, detail how Fredericksburg ...
Lewis County PUD GM David Plotz Discusses Clean Energy Implementation Plan, Data Centers
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, David Plotz, General Manager of Washington State’s Lewis County PUD, discusses the PUD’s development of a Clean Energy Implementation Plan, details the PUD’s current generation mix and talks about how ...
LIPA CEO Carrie Meek Gallagher Details Priorities in Q&A with APPA President and CEO Scott Corwin
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Scott Corwin, President and CEO of APPA, discusses a wide range of topics with Carrie Meek Gallagher, CEO of the Long Island Power Authority. Among other things, Gallagher said her priorities since bei...
APPA’s Ursula Schryver Highlights Activities at Upcoming Joint Action Conference
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Ursula Schryver, Senior Vice President, Education, Training, and Events, at APPA, highlights sessions that will occur at APPA’s Joint Action Conference in early 2026, as well as discusses other confere...
PowerTRX Pro Gives APPA Members Tools to Track and Improve Operations
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Ji Yoon Lee, Manager for Research & Development at APPA, provides details on PowerTRX Pro, which is the new name for the suite of products that public power utilities can use to track and improve o...