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.

In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Robin Schoettlin, Recruiting and Outreach Senior Specialist at Nebraska public power utility Lincoln Electric System, details the utility’s new program called Power Pathways. The initiative aims to provide high school students with a structured opportunity to observe, learn from, and interact with professionals at LES.

In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Tom Dankert, General Manager of Austin, Minnesota-based Austin Utilities, discusses how the utility is proactively addressing succession planning and details how the utility benefits from being a member of the Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency.