In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Mark Kimbell, General Manager for the Gallatin Department of Electricity in Tennessee, provides details on ongoing substation projects being pursued by the public power utility and discusses how the utility maintains fiscal responsibility and keeps rates low.
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Mandip Samra, the new General Manager of California public power utility Burbank Water and Power, details her immediate priorities as the new General Manager of the utility and discusses the benefits that will flow from a recently commissioned long-duration energy storage system.
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Patrick Hart, APPA’s Senior Director for Resilience Programs, and Tori Leger, Employee Development Coordinator at Louisiana public power utility Lafayette Utilities System, detail the features and benefits of APPA’s newly released eSafety Tracker. Details about the eSafety tracker are available on APPA’s website at: publicpower.org/appa-esafety-tracker
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Keith Butcher, General Manager of Minnesota public power utility Princeton Public Utilities, provides an update on the utility’s electric capital improvements plan and details how the utility has undergone a remarkable transformation over the last five years by placing a strong emphasis on operational efficiency, transparency and community outreach.
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Joseph Bunch, General Manager and CEO for Florida public power utility New Smyrna Beach Utilities, details the steps the utility has taken in recent years to improve reliability. He also discusses how the utility benefits from being a member of the Florida Municipal Power Agency and the Florida Municipal Electric Association.
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Chris Vetromile, Wildfire Manager for Texas public power utility Austin Energy, details how Austin Energy is proactively working to mitigate the threat of wildfires including utilizing artificial intelligence technology.
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Rory Jones, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Lightshift Energy, and Jason Viadero, Director of Engineering and Generation Assets at Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, discuss a recently announced program under which MMWEC has selected Lightshift as its exclusive partner to deploy the state’s first jointly implemented fleet of grid-scale battery energy storage systems. Among other things, they detail how MMWEC and its member public ...
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Dick Peffley, General Manager for Michigan public power utility Lansing Board of Water and Light, details a new utility demand response program called “Peak Power Partner” for its residential electric customers and provides an update on the utility’s plan to provide 50 percent clean energy by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2040.
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Aaron Rasmussen, Principal Engineer, Grid Automation, at Omaha Public Power District, and Rick Stava, Manager of Protection and Automation Engineering, at OPPD, detail a new OPPD substation simulator. Among other things, the OPPD officials discuss the training that is available through the substation simulator for OPPD personnel and detail the advantages of training on a substation simulator as compared with training on a real substation.
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Amy Zubaly, Executive Director of the Florida Municipal Electric Association, discusses the upcoming hurricane season and details how FMEA and public power utilities in Florida are preparing for the 2024 hurricane season.
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Denver DeWees, Electric Department Director for the City of Aztec, New Mexico, details how a 2-megawatt solar PV plus 4-megawatt-hour battery energy storage project will benefit the city’s utility and customers. Specifically, he said that energy produced by the solar farm will have a fixed cost with a lower rate. There are “literally millions of dollars of cost savings for the city and the residents.” The energy storage system will help shave peak en...
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Brittany Davis, the General Manager and CEO Elect for Tennessee public power utility McMinnville Electric System, notes that included among her long-term goals is the development of a strategic plan for the utility. She also details the ways in which she has introduced herself to the McMinnville community and employees of MES.
Burbank Water and Power on April 5 is scheduled to hold a ribbon cutting for a new iron flow battery storage project. Among the benefits of iron flow battery storage technology is the useful life of the battery, which is expected to be 25 years, as compared with 10 years for other types of storage technology, said Mandip Samra, Assistant General Manager for Power Supply at Burbank Water and Power, in the latest episode of Public Power Now.
Among the benefits that the Louisiana Energy and Power Authority offers to its full requirements members is to help put downward pressure on costs for LEPA full requirements members through economies of scale as a non-profit organization, Kevin Bihm, General Manager of LEPA, said in the latest episode of Public Power Now. Another advantage that LEPA provides to member communities is the flexibility to make ongoing decisions to address energy market changes, he noted.
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Kyle Holmberg, Communications and Energy Programs Analyst at Middleborough Gas and Electric Department, and Sonja Britland, Sustainability and Commercial Development Manager at Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant, detail the benefits that flow to utilities that receive APPA’s Smart Energy Provider designation. They also discuss the projects and activities that the two Massachusetts public power utilities have pursued to earn the Smart Energy Provider de...
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Emeka Anyanwu, who began his role as CEO of Nebraska public power utility Lincoln Electric System in January, said that he is focused on trying to understand and internalize “the culture and the spirit” of LES. He also provided an update on the utility’s efforts to meet a decarbonization goal that aims to eliminate or offset the utility’s carbon dioxide production from its generation portfolio by 2040.
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Ursula Schryver, Senior Vice President of Education, Training, and Events at APPA, details the benefits of attending APPA’s national conference and highlights sessions scheduled to take place at the conference. The National Conference will be held from June 7 through June 12 in San Diego, California.
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, two officials from Washington State’s Snohomish County PUD: John Hieb, Principal Engineer, and Suzy Oversvee, Senior Program Manager for New Energy Initiatives, and Daniel Crawley, Supervisor for Strategic Research at Chattanooga, Tenn.-based EPB, discuss projects that Snohomish County PUD and EPB will pursue as a result of funding announced by the U.S. Department of Energy. They also detailed lessons learned from the application process for the DOE’...
An ice storm that hit Oregon in January was “orders of magnitude larger than anything we’ve seen before,” Kyle Roadman, General Manager of Oregon public power utility Emerald People’s Utility District, said in the latest episode of Public Power Now. In the episode, he details how Emerald People’s Utility District crews worked to rapidly restore power to customers in the wake of the ice storm and how the utility communicated with customers during power restoration work. Roadman also discusses ...
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Dan Beans, Electric Utility Director for the public power community of Roseville, California, provides an overview of supply chain challenges facing Roseville’s utility and details the strategies that the utility has implemented to address those challenges. He also discusses state mandates that Roseville’s utility is facing and the ways in which the utility is working to meet those mandates.