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LPPC members plan to invest more than $166 billion in generation, transmission, and other electric infrastructure over the next decade to serve rising electricity demand. LPPC’s new report, “LPPC Priorities for Permitting Reform: Supporting Electric Reliability, Affordability, and Growth,” outlines practical reforms to reduce delay, improve certainty, and help build the infrastructure needed to support reliability, affordability, AI growth, advanced manufacturing, and electrification. Read the report here: cdn.prod.website-files.com/62856c3eeee424… #publicpower #publicpoweron #permittingreform #transmission #generation #AI #DataCenters

As Chairman of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Committee in the House, I was pleased to join @LPPCorg CEOs from all across the nation’s largest public power utilities here in Nashville. Advanced nuclear and other firm generation technologies play a critical role in strengthening American energy reliability, affordability, security, and innovation. I look forward to continuing to work with LPPC and public power leaders to advance reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy solutions for the more than 30 million customers they serve.

Lee Montañez, Director of Internal Audit & Enterprise Risk at @NewsfromJEA and Vice Chair of LPPC’s Auditors Network, joined LPPC President @EnergyFalcone to discuss the role audit, risk management, and insurance professionals play in public power. The conversation covered rising demand from data centers and AI, event risks, reliability, affordability, and how these professionals help utility leaders identify and manage risk in an increasingly complex operating environment. Listen to the full interview: youtube.com/watch?v=ZFo0q4… #publicpower #publicpoweron #audit #riskmanagement #insurance

In the third installment of LPPC’s permitting reform video series, @JoleneMThompson, President and CEO of @amppublicpower, explains how duplicative federal review delayed four run-of-the-river hydropower projects on the Ohio River, adding costs for AMP member communities and their customers. AMP’s experience shows why #Congress should modernize #hydropower #permitting: better agency coordination, clearer timelines, and a more predictable licensing and relicensing process can help public power build and maintain reliable, renewable resources at the pace customers need. Learn more about LPPC’s hydro licensing and relicensing priorities and the reforms Congress can advance: cdn.prod.website-files.com/62856c3eeee424… #publicpower #publicpoweron #permittingreform

⚡️Member Spotlight | LPPC applauds the @IIDatWork on the announcement of a $36.7 million grid reliability investment, supported by an $18.3 million federal investment advanced by the Trump Administration. The project will deploy an Advanced Distribution Management System across IID’s distribution network, improving system visibility and reducing the frequency and duration of customer outages for IID’s 165,000+ customers in California’s Imperial and Coachella valleys. Read more: iid.com/Home/Component… #publicpower #publicpoweron #reliability #ADMS

@ElectriCitiesNC @BusinessNC Congratulations, Roy!

Congrats to ElectriCities CEO Roy Jones & all those who were featured on @BusinessNC’s 2026 Power List, honoring the most extraordinary leaders across various sectors in our state. 👏 Visit the link below to view Business NC’s entire 2026 Power List. businessnc.com/the-power-list…

Fourteen years after it was first recommended, a critical Nebraska transmission project is finally moving forward. In 2012, an Integrated Transmission Plan from @SPPorg recommended that @NPPDnews build a 226-mile, 345 kV transmission line to connect part of central Nebraska to the rest of the Eastern Interconnection. After years of environmental reviews, revised routes, vacated permits, and court appeals, NPPD began construction this year. In the second installment of LPPC’s Permitting Reform video series, CEO and President Tom Kent explains why the R-Line project has become a clear example of how permitting delays affect electric reliability, affordability, and the customers public power utilities serve. #permittingreform #publicpower #publicpoweron #transmission

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT | Congratulations to @cpsenergy on being recognized by the @ToSaveEnergy with a 2026 Star of Energy Efficiency Award! CPS Energy's Sustainable Tomorrow Energy Plan (STEP) aggressively reduces system demand and carbon emissions while increasing energy savings and investing in weatherization for single- and multifamily homes in San Antonio. CPS made significant progress on its energy efficiency goals including a demand reduction of 252 MW saving ~$650 million of lifetime costs and 746,000 tons of carbon, which is equivalent to taking 590,000 gas-powered vehicles off the road. Learn more about CPS' STEP program goals and accomplishments here: lnkd.in/gTm6ckNH #publicpower #publicpoweron #energyefficiency #memberspotlight

We are excited to announce that @SarahVilms has joined LPPC as its Senior Director of Policy and External Affairs. In this role, Vilms will lead LPPC’s federal legislative and regulatory strategy, working with member utilities, staff, consultants, and external partners to advance policy priorities for the nation’s largest public power systems. “We are excited to welcome Sarah to LPPC,” said LPPC Board Chair Jackie Flowers, President & CEO of @MyTPU. “LPPC members are facing major decisions on reliability, affordability, infrastructure investment, and economic growth. Sarah understands federal policy, the needs of utilities, and the communities public power serves. She is an excellent fit to help ensure LPPC’s members and customers are represented effectively in Washington.”

In Episode 4 of Tom Talks, “Growth Should Pay for Growth: #LargeLoads & #Affordability,” LPPC President @EnergyFalcone explains why rate pressure driven by large load growth is inevitable when new infrastructure must be built to serve large retail customers. “Growth should pay for growth,” said Falcone. LPPC members are committed to the homes and businesses they serve. They are advancing fair cost allocation, long-term financial commitments, and private use reform so #publicpower utilities can implement rate designs that protect existing customers, mitigate risk, and support affordability. Thank you to the White House Chronicle and @LlewellynKing2 for having Tom on the show. Watch the full episode here: vimeo.com/1188085945 Or tune in on @PBS on Monday evenings.

Always a pleasure speaking with @LlewellynKing2. Thank you for having me on White House Chronicle to discuss what is driving electricity cost pressures, and how public power utilities are working to protect existing customers while meeting growing demand and investing in the grid.

As Congress considers #permitting legislation to strengthen #reliability, #affordability, and resource adequacy amid unprecedented load growth, LPPC is actively engaged on behalf of its 29 member utilities across the United States. In the first installment of LPPC’s Permitting Reform video series, Jimmy Staton, President and CEO of @santeecooper, shares how clearer federal permitting rules, firmer deadlines, and a more efficient appeals process can help accelerate the critical infrastructure needed to support reliable baseload generation. “We want everyone to have a fair say, but what slows down projects, makes them cost too much, and effectively kills them is the repeated appeals process. Throw it back, appeal it, throw it back, appeal again.” #permittingreform #publicpower #publicpoweron

LPPC President @EnergyFalcone testified before @HouseCommerce Chair @RepGuthrie and @boblatta and members of the Subcommittee on Energy at its hearing, “AI and the Grid: Meeting Growing Power Demand While Protecting Ratepayers.” LPPC’s message: build the infrastructure needed to support AI leadership and economic growth, while protecting existing customers from higher energy costs. Read the testimony: d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/04_29_2026_ENG… Watch the hearing: youtube.com/watch?v=bUXDIv… #publicpower #publicpoweron #largeloads #AI #DataCenters #resourceadequacy

WATCH LIVE: LPPC President @EnergyFalcone testifies before the @HouseCommerce Subcommittee on Energy hearing AI and the Grid: Meeting Growing Power Demand While Protecting Ratepayers. In his opening statement, Falcone explains how LPPC members are on the front lines of large load growth. "The issues before the Subcommittee are not theoretical for public power. LPPC members currently power more than 18 percent of the nation’s AI and data center load and account for approximately 36 percent of expected new data center interconnections over the next five years." #publicpower #ai #datacenter #largeload #housecommerce

WATCH: Chairman @BobLatta delivers his opening statement at today's Energy hearing looking at legislation to strengthen the grid and protect ratepayers. This Congress, @HouseCommerce has worked to boost baseload energy generation and ensure access to affordable energy, and today's hearing is the next step in our continued work.

In Episode 3 of Tom Talks, " @USTreasury's Private Use Rules: The Problem Explained," President @EnergyFalcone addresses how these regulations limit LPPC members’ ability to responsibly invest in the infrastructure needed to serve new large load customers, while protecting existing homes and businesses from rate increases.  "We're either going to get reforms of regulations from Treasury, or at some point our utilities are going to have to say - I'm sorry, we can't build for you." #publicpower #ustreasury #AI #DataCenter #privateuse

🌍 On Earth Day, LPPC celebrates powering 30+ million homes and businesses across the U.S. with reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy. From coast to coast, LPPC members currently own or contract over 32 GW of renewable generation, and plan to add an additional 42+ GW of clean generation over the next ten years — investing in solar, wind, battery storage, pump storage, and nuclear. Our members are at the intersection of managing load growth and resource adequacy while advancing clean energy generation to meet state climate goals and ensure a sustainable future for the communities we serve. This is public power. Pictured from left to right: Palmer Solar Array @CSUtilities Pine Tree Wind Farm @LADWP Robert Moses Niagara Hydro Power Station @NYPAenergy Pensacola Dam @grda_ok #publicpower #earthday #renewable #cleanenergy

This week the House of Representatives is scheduled to consider the Endangered Species Amendment Act (H.R. 1897) led by Chairman @bruce_westerman of the Committee on @NatResources. LPPC joined dozens of other organizations in support of H.R. 1897, which more effectively promotes species recovery while ensuring permitting processes for critical infrastructure are streamlined to meet unprecedented demand and maintain reliability for our customers. #publicpower #permittingreform #ESAamendment #natresources

Great to visit @SanteeCooper and speak at its Senior Leadership Institute today. Santee Cooper powers more than 2 million homes and businesses across South Carolina and has played a leadership role in LPPC since helping found the organization in 1987.

⚡ MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: LPPC would like to congratulate @SnoPUD on the completion of a series of significant reliability projects, recently celebrated at a ceremonial ribbon cutting that included Congressman @RepRickLarsen, Island County Commissioner @JanetStClair5, and @CityofStanwood, WA Mayor Sid Roberts. The project included upgrading the existing North Camano Substation, constructing the new Twin City Substation and interconnecting a 115kV transmission line. Notably, SnoPUD completed this project entirely in-house, which represented a significant savings in addition to reliability benefits to their customers. “Rather than outsourcing, we relied on the remarkable expertise and creativity of Team PUD. This approach resulted in substantial savings for our customers and allowed us to harness the full potential of our talented staff," said CEO John Haarlow #publicpoweron #publicpower #reliability #transmission

⚡ MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: LPPC Members Join the @SPPorg Last week @CSUtilities and @PRPAuthority celebrated a successful integration into the SPP Regional Transmission Organization (RTO). SPP's growing resource portfolio now includes seven states in the Western interconnection, and represents the first RTO to service two interconnections. It will provide our members with diverse generation resources, comprehensive planning services, coordinated reliability support, and more cost effective power for their customers. Learn more here: lnkd.in/dnDbybNk #publicpower #SPP #RTO #interconnection #reliability #affordability #energy