Public Power Now
The American Public Power Association’s Public Power Now podcast brings listeners the latest news and insights from key public power utility executives, power industry players and APPA staff.
Episodes
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 and the city Electric Department have achieved almost 40 years without a lost time work injury.
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 partnering with bitcoin mining companies as a form of data center load can enhance a utility’s appeal.
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 being named CEO in June have been centered on stability at the public power utility, affordability and long-term planning. They also discussed LIPA’s continued partnership with PSEG Long Island ...
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 conferences and events APPA will hold next year.
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 operations (formerly the eReliability Tracker and eSafety Tracker).
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Andy Fusco, Chief Strategy Officer for ElectriCities of North Carolina, details how ElectriCities has utilized APPA’s Reliable Public Power Provider and Smart Energy Provider Programs to help its members improve their operations using these two assessments as a benchmark.
New CEO of MMWEC Discusses Need for New Generation in Region, Benefits of Energy Storage for Members
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Tom Barry, the new CEO and Secretary of the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, discusses the need for new generation in New England. He also details how MMWEC’s member utilities have benefited from energy storage projects. MMWEC is the joint action agency for public power in Massachusetts.
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Jeff Haas, Senior Vice President for Membership and Marketing at APPA, discusses the benefits of being a member of APPA and details how advocacy is a cornerstone of APPA’s work.
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Kevin Bleau, Energy Resources Manager at Massachusetts public power utility Belmont Light, and Doron Koll, an energy consultant at Daymark Energy Advisors, discuss a load research case study that informed Belmont Light’s rate design. This free public resource was completed in collaboration with APPA.
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Nico Procos, Director of Silicon Valley Power, the public power utility for Santa Clara, California, highlights the importance of community engagement when it comes to data centers. That community engagement can help to address some misperceptions related to data centers, Procos noted. He also details his long-term goals for the utility and discusses the launch of a new vehicle-to-grid pil...
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Paul Zummo, Director for Energy Efficiency Developments & Statistics at APPA, discusses APPA’s recently released 2024 APPA Performance Indicators Survey.
Victor Fuentes, General Manager and CEO of Washington State’s Franklin PUD, discusses the launch of a successful student intern program at Franklin PUD and other efforts at the PUD to proactively address workforce issues facing the utility sector in the latest episode of Public Power Now. He also addresses the steps that Franklin PUD is taking to meet Washington State's Clean Energy Transformation Act requirement that it devel...
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, David Reyes, General Manager of Pasadena Water and Power in California, discusses how the utility is helping to achieve Pasadena’s goal of sourcing 100% of Pasadena’s electricity from carbon-free sources by the end of 2030 and provides details on a utility-scale Battery Energy Storage System being pursued by Pasadena Water and Power.
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Casey Crabtree, Director of Economic Development at Heartland Energy, a South Dakota-based joint action agency, provides details on Heartland Energy’s Demand-Adjusted Technology Advantage program, an interruptible data center rate policy, which was launched in March of this year.
In the latest episode of APPA’s Public Power Now podcast, Carolyn Slaughter, Senior Director for Environmental Policy at APPA, provides an update on key environmental regulations of importance to the public power community including EPA’s proposal to repeal Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Rule Amendments. She also details what resources APPA offers to its members to help them stay on top of changes to key environmental regulations...
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Dawn Weisz, CEO of California community choice aggregator MCE, provides details on the benefits that flow to MCE and its member communities from the issuance of green bonds and describes MCE’s approach to power supply planning.
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Terry Wimberley, President and CEO of the Paris Board of Public Utilities, the public power utility for Paris, Tennessee, details how the utility engages with the Paris community and its customers including Paris BPU’s Customer Academy. He also discusses the strategies that the utility has implemented with respect to its workforce including recruiting the next generation of employees at th...
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Erin Keys, Utilities Director for Columbia, Missouri, details how the city’s utility approaches power supply planning and discusses projections for power demand. She also discusses what her priorities have been since taking on her new role as Utilities Director. Keys started in her new role as Utilities Director in late May after serving as the Utilities Department’s interim director since...
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Sharon Israel, Utilities Director for the public power community of Loveland, Colorado, discusses the success of the utility’s drone inspection program, which launched a year ago, and details the ways in which Loveland benefits from its relationship with Platte River Power Authority, a joint action agency.
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, John Godfrey, Senior Government Relations Director at APPA, discusses the recent enactment of budget reconciliation legislation and the new law’s effect on public power. Meanwhile, the enactment of the budget reconciliation legislation has started the clock on a number of tax credit-related deadlines, which are detailed by Godfrey.
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