Public Power Now

In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Doug Hunter, CEO and General Manager of Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, offers an overview of the UAMPS Carbon Free Power Project, which calls for the development of small modular reactors (SMRs), and details the benefits that are expected to flow from the deployment of SMRs.

In the latest episode of Public Power Now, New York Power Authority President and CEO Gil Quiniones discusses a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Plan recently approved by NYPA’s board and NYPA’s efforts to become the first end-to-end “digital utility” in the U.S.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Dec. 8 provided draft guidance that clarifies how a Supreme Court decision should be applied under the Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Program. APPA Director of Environmental Policy Carolyn Slaughter joins to discuss the implications of this draft guidance.

Liz Jambor, manager of data analytics and business intelligence at Austin Energy in Texas, discusses the Smart Energy Provider Program and her work as chair of the SEP review panel.

Two key members of the APPA mutual aid team, Sam Rozenberg and Giacomo Wray, look back on a busy 2020 storm season and explain how the culture of mutual aid serves the public power community.

APPA Senior Director of Cyber and Physical Security Services Nathan Mitchell discusses the programs, tools, and best practices being developed by and for public power to secure against cyber attacks.

APPA President and CEO Joy Ditto sits down with Paul Ciampoli to discuss how recent events, including the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, have impacted the public power community and electric utility industry. She also discusses how the outcome of the 2020 general election can change many of the calculations made by the industry as it faces different possibilities in the presidency and U.S. Cong...