PublicPowerX
PublicPowerX is the new podcast from the American Public Power Association where key vendors and service providers explain their role in keeping public power safe, reliable, and secure. Subscribe to this feed to get these stories from public power’s service providers as they become available. If you are a company that does business with public power utilities and would like to host an episode of Public Power X, go to publicpower.org/podcasts to learn more.
Episodes
16 episodes
Powering the Future: How Public Utilities Can Lead the AI Revolution
We sit down with Nur Bernhardt, Vice President at Cloverleaf Infrastructure, to explore how public utilities can collaborate with Cloverleaf to attract new large loads. We’ll dive into the surging electricity demand driven by AI-powered data ce...
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1:00:20
DBT & ASD Deep Dive with Critical Infrastructure Security Experts
Is safeguarding your critical infrastructure and utility assets a top priority? In an era of increasing threats, understanding vulnerabilities and implementing robust security measures are no longer optional—they are essential.This compr...
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41:00
Boost Efficiency & Customer Satisfaction with Text Messaging
Discover how Bryan Texas Utilities and the City of Bryan Water Department are using text messaging to enhance customer service and streamline internal operations. Join Richard Papa, General Manager at TextPower, as he interviews Kala Jeske, AMI...
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58:57
Power Up Your Utility: Harnessing Mobile Work Order Management
NOTE: This is a recorded adaptation of a live presentation.Utilities struggle with inefficient, paper-based work order systems that lead to delays, errors, and poor visibility into field operations. Outdated paper-based systems hamper yo...
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38:39
Empower the Public – Amp Up Your Public Power Week
NOTE: This is a recorded adaptation of a live presentation. Celebrate Public Power Week by teaching the next generation about the value of community-owned, not-for-profit public power. In this one-hour webinar, you’ll learn how to u...
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58:43
Customer Engagement Strategies for Community-Owned Utilities
NOTE: This is a recorded adaptation of a live presentation. Community-owned utilities play a vital role in providing essential services and fostering community well-being. Unlike large investor-owned counterparts, these utilities op...
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55:14
Protecting the Grid: Understanding Physical Security and Preventing Ballistic Attacks on Substations
NOTE: This is a recorded adaptation of a live presentation. Blackouts. Data loss. Emergency communications disrupted. These aren't just movie scenes - they're the potential consequences of a growing threat: ballistic attacks on subs...
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47:06
Driving Municipal Utility Excellence: Streamlining Energy Programs for Customers and Employees
NOTE: This is a recorded adaptation of a live presentation. How are lean municipal utility teams successfully managing and scaling their renewable energy and EV programs? Tune in to this edition of PublicPowerX to find out!
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52:31
The Role of Energy Storage in Developing a Cleaner Grid
Ann Yu and Kasturi Pattalwar from Customized Energy Solutions (CES) join the PublicPowerX Podcast to discuss the different ways energy storage will play an important role in the energy transition and transforming infrastructure towards a cleane...
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39:41
Physical Security Walls & Structures to Protect Your Substation
The U.S. power grid is a modern marvel of engineering. Consisting of over 3,000 independent entities, both private and public, all working together to keep the modern era functioning. However, this is also a system most often protected by nothi...
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27:09
How to Educate and Inform Customers About High Bills and Energy Burden
NOTE: This is a recorded adaptation of a live presentation. Twenty million American households — one out of six homes — are now behind on their utility bills, by an average of $788. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administr...
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50:15
Leveraging Federal Funding to Meet Your Peak Demand Needs
Oracle helps public power utilities understand how to leverage federal funding and technology to empower all of your customers to engage in the clean energy future. They share how public utilities across the country partner with Oracle to deliv...
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42:47
Fiber to the X Fundamentals
If you are deploying a FTTX network for the first time or are curious about new technologies, join CommScope and WESCO |Anixter as they summarize their considerable fiber expertise and talk about the FTTx eBook that provides a complete overview...
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21:36
Strengthening Customer Relationships with Location Technology
Utility customers have high expectations fueled by choice and social media style communication. To boost customer care, many agencies are becoming much more customer-centric in their focus.Exceptional customer care results when utility s...
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19:22
The Power Play: Making Broadband Infrastructure Funding Work for Your Utility and Community
Improving critical infrastructure here in the US is a key agenda item for the Biden administration and will drive trillions of dollars in government spending. Included in this spending are significant new funds to bridge the digital divide and ...
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