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network discuss and learn . customer service manual ensure a strong customer service culture . legal & regulatory conference education for lawyers utility managers and elected officials . winter institute in depth interactive training . apply for scholarships the deed program is accepting new scholarship applications . october 14 2016 funds generated from navajo utility solar project will bring power to families several tribal communities in northern arizona will soon receive much needed electric service thanks to funds generated from the navajo tribal utility authority s kayenta solar project ntua said on oct. 14 . october 14 2016 public power weekly exclusive independence power & light offers community solar project a 3 megawatt community solar project that is being built for the public power utility in independence missouri has attracted plenty of participants and officials at independence power & light said they expect the project to be up and running by the end of the year . october 14 2016 public power town marks next step for first utility scale storage project in mass . officials from the sterling municipal light department were joined on oct. 12 by stakeholders from across massachusetts and new england in a groundbreaking ceremony for what will be the first utility scale energy storage facility in massachusetts . october 14 2016 xcel gets green light on long range plan to slash co2 investor owned utility xcel energy has received approval for its long range plan to more than double its renewable energy portfolio and to make more than 60 percent of its electricity carbon free in the next 15 years . october 13 2016 ariz. regulatory judge addresses value of solar net metering arizona corporation commission administrative law judge teena jibilian in an oct. 7 recommended order spelled out changes on how arizona utilities should account for net metering for rooftop solar customers . see more articles events webinars meetings october 19 2016 distributed 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members are on the cutting edge of the technological and policy changes affecting public power utilities due to their california location . working with ncpa they are tackling these challenges with the can do attitude that characterizes public power at its best continue reading federal appeals court hears arguments in clean power plan case marking the latest chapter in legal wrangling over the environmental protection agency s clean power plan a federal appeals court in late september heard oral arguments in a court case that challenges the clean power plan the epa s final rule that seeks to curb carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants . continue reading saving the monarch butterfly in the spirit of public power through voluntary action industry and communities can help to restore pollinator habitats and avoid having the monarch butterfly placed on the endangered species list . it is not that expensive or difficult to be part of the solution if we can engage communities to take action and who better to leverage their positive relationships with their communities than public power continue reading about public power public power is a collection of more than 2 000 community owned electric utilities serving more than 48 million people or about 14 percent of the nation s electricity consumers . public power utilities are operated by local governments to provide communities with reliable responsive not for profit electric service . public power utilities are directly accountable to the people they serve through local elected or appointed officials . more information on all public power utilities is on the about public power page and in the public power annual directory & statistical report . about appa appa was created in 1940 as a nonprofit non partisan organization to advance the public policy interests of its members and their consumers and provide member services to ensure adequate reliable electricity at a reasonable price with the proper protection of 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