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 plan templates that APPA has produced for the benefit of its member utilities. The templates are available on APPA’s webpage on mutual aid and emergency response (https://www.publicpower.org/mutual-aid-and-emergency-response).

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, will bring together utility professionals working in risk management, system planning, forecasting, and grid operations to discuss current and emerging AI-related challenges.

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 public power utilities to benchmark their cybersecurity performance against peers and identify areas for improvement. For utilities seeking recognition for their cyber programs, applications are open until June 30.

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 January that FirstLight has expanded a municipal utility power purchase agreement with Energy New England.

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 Conference will take place from June 26 to July 1 in Boston and conference sessions will include lessons in resilience and emergency response, what public power needs to know about today's gas market and opportunities and perils of data center load growth.

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 provides an update on BPUB’s Advanced Metering Infrastructure project.

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 the utility’s Flex Rate Program, which is an economic development tool. Sellstrom took on the role of General Manager of the BPU in January.

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 apprenticeship hopefuls.

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 about the value and public benefits of community-owned, not-for-profit power and water utilities in California.  She also discusses her long-term goals for CMUA.

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, which Huntsville Utilities is hosting. The rodeo will take place on March 27 - 28, 2026.