LPPC

Founded in 1987, the Large #PublicPower Council (LPPC) is comprised of 29 of the largest consumer-owned #utilities in the United States.

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Public power is entering the most consequential period in the history of the U.S. electric grid.

On November 3rd and 4th, LPPC's 2026 Members Conference will bring together the leaders of the nation's largest public power utilities to Austin, Texas to confront the challenges and opportunities ahead.

Hear from the CEOs of co-host utilities Stuart Reilly of @austinenergy and @RudyDGarza of @LCRA on why this conference matters — and how LPPC members are preparing to meet unprecedented load growth while continuing to deliver the reliable, affordable energy more than 30 million Americans expect and deserve.

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Today, LPPC President @EnergyFalcone joined @SPGlobal’s Power Play panel in New York City to discuss affordability, rising infrastructure costs, and new demand from data centers. His message: public power has kept rates well below inflation, rising about two-thirds as fast as prices generally over the last 15 years.

With LPPC members planning about $166 billion of investment over the next decade, Tom emphasized that the central question isn't whether data centers will drive new costs, but who pays for them.

LPPC members are already implementing large-load tariffs, long-term contracts, and financial safeguards to ensure new customers pay their fair share without shifting costs onto existing residential and business customers. However, outdated federal tax regulations governing private business use continue to complicate these protections for tax-exempt public power utilities.

As the industry navigates this historic investment cycle, public power remains focused on its core mission: delivering reliable, affordable electricity while ensuring the costs of growth are allocated fairly.

Learn more: https://t.co/PcVbIrYjeO

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Securing America's electric grid starts with a supply chain that is secure, reliable, and affordable.

LPPC and @publicpowerorg submitted joint comments to @ENERGY on implementing Executive Order 14421, outlining public power's recommendations for strengthening the security of the nation's bulk-power system while protecting grid reliability and customer affordability. We share DOE's goal of keeping foreign adversaries out of the grid, and our comments are meant to make that goal workable.

As utilities make historic investments in grid infrastructure, new supply chain security requirements must be risk-based, practical to implement, and cost-conscious.

Our recommendations call for prioritizing the most critical grid infrastructure, strengthening federal-industry information sharing, improving supply chain transparency, leveraging existing reliability standards, and mitigating risk in installed equipment rather than replacing it, to avoid unnecessary costs and project delays.

For not-for-profit public power utilities, every dollar spent on equipment, compliance, or delays is ultimately paid by the communities that own them.

Read our joint comments: https://t.co/SNXsdkm1J0

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The third and final chapter of the Great Plains New Nuclear Consortium's CEO video series, "The Future of Advanced Nuclear: Public Power's Cost of Capital Advantage," explores a key strength public power brings to new nuclear development: its not-for-profit, community-owned business model.

With access to tax-exempt debt, no shareholders to pay, and no corporate income tax, how can public power's lower cost of capital help finance the next generation of nuclear projects? And how do federal investment and production tax credits, available to public power through direct-pay provisions, help put new nuclear within reach for more communities?

LPPC thanks Tom Kent, President & CEO of @NPPDnews; Emeka Anyanwu, CEO of @LESupdates; Dan Sullivan, President & CEO of @grda_ok; and Javier Fernandez, President & CEO of @OPPDCares, for their leadership in advancing the future of nuclear generation across the Great Plains and the nation.

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What role can the federal government play in supporting new nuclear projects in the U.S.?

In Chapter 2 of the Great Plains New Nuclear Consortium CEO Video Series, "The Future of Advanced Nuclear: The Role of the Federal Government," CEOs of the consortium share what they view as the biggest hurdles to new nuclear deployment: financing, cost overrun risk, tax credit rules, workforce, and supply chain.

"We have to get to an order book of 10, 12, 15 units, and that's what the industry's trying to do, and that's where I think this consortium can play a big role," said Tom Kent, President & CEO of Nebraska Public Power District.

Watch the video below to hear how federal policy can help public power bring new nuclear to the Great Plains and across the U.S.

Tom Kent, President & CEO, @NPPDnews
Javier Fernandez, President & CEO, @OPPDCares
Emeka Anyanwu, CEO, @LESupdates
Daniel Sullivan, President & CEO, @grda_ok

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What a great week! We started with a tour of @DominionEnergy’s Warren County power station and ended with a panel of CEOs from @NRECANews, @LPPCorg, @CEBAPower and @USEnergyAssn.

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CEOs of LPPC member utilities convened in Fort Collins, Colorado, over the weekend for LPPC's fall CEO meeting, hosted by @PRPAuthority.

Lanny Nickell, President & CEO of @SPPorg, joined the group to discuss challenges every public power utility now faces, inside or outside an organized market.

→ How much new load is firm enough to plan around?
→ What can flexible load and conditional service contribute to reliability?
→ Who should pay for the generation and transmission that new load requires?

LPPC thanks Lanny for sharing his expertise and for his leadership as public power works to meet unprecedented demand while maintaining its core commitment to reliable, affordable electricity.

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Next week, LPPC President @EnergyFalcone will join @NRECANews CEO @NRECAJim, @CEBAPower CEO Rich Powell, and @USEnergyAssoc Chair Mark Menezes at @POWERmagazine @Experience_PWR for the panel, “Inside the Issues: How Industry Associations Are Helping Members Navigate a Changing Energy Landscape.”

Tom will share the public power perspective on one of the industry’s defining challenges: meeting unprecedented load growth while protecting grid reliability and customer affordability.

Ahead of the discussion, watch the video below to hear Tom explain how public power utilities approach long-term resource planning and load forecasting, allocate costs across customer classes, and evaluate the role of AI and data center load flexibility in supporting a reliable grid.

Audio courtesy of @WoodMackenzie.

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$166 billion. Ten years. One mission: reliable, affordable public power.

Last week, LPPC President @EnergyFalcone joined Patrick Hennigan of @PGE4Me and Joel Yu of ERock at the 2026 @NCEWConf Policymaker Symposium, hosted by @CRESenergy, for a conversation moderated by Nidhi Thakar of @CEBAPower: "Demand and Opportunity: How AI is Reshaping American Energy."

LPPC members already power roughly 18 percent of the nation's data center load and expect to connect roughly a third of what comes next. To serve it, they plan to invest $166 billion in generation, storage, transmission, and distribution over the next decade, adding more than 59 gigawatts of new capacity to the 110 they operate today.

Tom's message was direct: no developer builds a skyscraper without a tenant financially committed to the space, and the same standard should apply when a service request triggers grid investment. A customer's willingness to contract for what they are asking utilities to build is the best evidence that the demand is real.

LPPC members are not-for-profit, owned by the 30.5 million Americans they serve, and governed by boards that meet in public. There is no shareholder to absorb a mistake, which is why building this right matters.

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What role can public power play in deploying the next generation of nuclear energy in the U.S.?

In Chapter 1 of the Great Plains New Nuclear Consortium CEO Video Series, "The Future of Advanced Nuclear: A Public Power Perspective," CEOs if the Consortium share their perspectives on the opportunity for new nuclear development in Nebraska and Oklahoma — and how collaboration, public power’s unique financing model, and federal partnership can help move projects forward to address growing demand while advancing economic growth in the Great Plains region.

The Consortium represents public power at its best: collaboration, innovation, and leadership in meeting America’s growing demand for reliable, affordable energy.

LPPC thanks the following CEOs for their leadership:

Tom Kent, President & CEO, @NPPDnews
Javier Fernandez, President & CEO, @OPPDCares
Emeka Anyanwu, CEO, @LESupdates
@ Dan Sullivan, President & CEO, @grda_ok

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⚡Member Spotlight ⚡ | LPPC congratulates @grda_ok on the completion and dedication of Unit 4 at the Grand River Energy Center — a $525 million investment in reliable, flexible generation.

The new 426-MW, fast-start J-class Mitsubishi Power combustion turbine is the first M501JAC unit in the U.S. to operate in simple-cycle configuration. The hydrogen-capable turbine is designed to provide the rapid start-up and operational flexibility GRDA needs to serve customers across the wind-heavy @SPPorg region.

Developed in collaboration with @Black_Veatch and @Power_MHI, Unit 4 demonstrates how public power is investing in advanced generation technology and strong industry partnerships to meet growing energy demand while maintaining reliability for the communities it serves.

#publicpower #publicpoweron #reliability #generation

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LPPC is proud to announce its sponsorship of the 2026 @NCEWConf Policymaker Symposium hosted by @CRESenergy.

LPPC's President @EnergyFalcone was invited to represent public power on its Demand and Opportunity: How AI is Reshaping American Energy panel, alongside Joel Yu, Senior Vice President, ERock, Yvonne McIntyre, Vice President, Federal Affairs, @PGE4Me and moderated by Nidhi Thakar, Senior Vice President, Policy, @CEBAPower.

Our member utilities currently power over 18% of the nation's AI/Data Center customers and expect to interconnect more than a third of all new data center customers by 2030. Tom will speak on how our members plan to invest over $166 billion and build approximately 59 GW of new generation in the next decade to meet unprecedented demand.

LPPC thanks CRES for the opportunity. Stay tuned for more on the 2026 National Clean Energy Week: https://t.co/NBjuw9WEHb

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LPPC estimates that prepayment transactions priced over the last five years will save electric customers about $1.9 billion and gas customers about $2.6 billion over their initial term (about seven to ten years).

That's about $16.7 billion in total customer savings if the discount renews on similar terms over a typical thirty-year supply contract.

"Prepaid energy is not exotic. It is a public power utility buying fuel and power at a discount and passing that discount to the residents and businesses it serves," said LPPC President @EnergyFalcone.

Learn more in our latest fact sheet: https://t.co/faNLW0OfBo

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⚡ Member Spotlight ⚡ | @santeecooper and its partners at @Brookfield are advancing one of the nation’s most significant potential new nuclear projects, with plans to complete the Fairfield Nuclear Project, the former V.C. Summer Units 2 and 3 — two partially constructed AP1000 @WECNuclear reactors near Jenkinsville, South Carolina.

The project represents a unique opportunity to bring more than 2,000 MW of new, reliable nuclear generation online using existing infrastructure and partially completed assets.

Led by Santee Cooper President & CEO Jimmy Staton, CEOs from LPPC member utilities convened in South Carolina this week to tour the facility and hear directly from the experts working to advance the project.

LPPC thanks Jimmy and the Santee Cooper team for their leadership, insight, and hospitality.

Learn more: https://t.co/ces8TbSTf4

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LPPC is proud to announce its 2026 Member's Conference: A Collaboration for Public Power Leaders 

📆 November 3-4 | 📍Austin, TX

Co-Hosted by @austinenergy x @LCRA

How are the leaders of the largest public power utilities in the U.S. navigating the most consequential period in the history of the grid on behalf of their 30.5+ million customers?

BY INVITATION ONLY: Registration information has been circulated to the CEOs of our member utilities. If you plan to represent your utility, please register before October 1.

More information coming soon!

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LPPC member utilities represent nearly 40% of the nation’s non-federal hydropower production.

On National #HydroPowerDay, LPPC joins the @NatlHydroAssoc in endorsing H.R. 9806/S. 3518, the bipartisan FLOWS Act, which would modernize federal hydropower regulation while maintaining existing environmental safeguards and @FERC oversight.

The legislation would alleviate routine maintenance, equipment replacement, and temporary alterations from unnecessary prior FERC approval and establish a streamlined licensing pathway for small hydro-kinetic projects.

For not-for-profit public power utilities, unnecessary regulatory costs are ultimately borne by the communities and customers we serve. Modernizing these requirements can help utilities invest more efficiently in the safe, reliable operation of hydropower resources that provide affordable, reliable electricity to millions of Americans.

LPPC thanks Sens. @lisamurkowski (R-AK) and @AngusforMaine (I-ME), and Reps. @NickLangworthy (R-NY) and @RepKimSchrier (D-WA), for their leadership on this important legislation.

Video supported by @JoleneMThompson, President & CEO of @amppublicpower

Learn more: https://t.co/cxU5h75gDq

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More than half of LPPC member utilities own, operate, or contract for over 17 gigawatts of hydropower capacity, equivalent to powering approximately 13 million American homes. This represents approximately one-quarter of the non-federally owned hydropower capacity in the U.S..

Our members need hydropower relicensing reform to reduce the time and cost necessary to relicense facilities that already exist. In many cases, these proceedings are cumulatively longer and more costly than the initial construction of the facilities.

Learn more in LPPC's latest hydro-relicensing fact sheet:
https://t.co/Mimv4hykTL

#permittingreform #hydrorelicensing #hydropower #hydroelectricity #publicpower #publicpoweron

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⚡ Member Spotlight | "There is no national strategy without a national energy strategy," said President & CEO of Omaha Public Power District and LPPC Vice Chair Javier Fernandez after touring Nebraska Public Power District's Cooper Nuclear Station (CNS) recently.

The CEOs of the Great Plains Nuclear Consortium convened in Nebraska for an in-depth look inside the facility's operations, including an interactive control room simulator demonstration, the refuel floor, control center, and turbine deck.

Together these CEOs are leading the way in advancing new nuclear deployment within the Southwest Power Pool footprint. The consortium represents the best of public power: collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to serving their communities.

Learn more about the consortium here: https://t.co/wT9Siq3d6G

Photo credit: Nebraska Public Power District

From left to right:
CEO Emeka Anyanwu of @LESupdates
President/CEO Javier Fernandez of @OPPDCares
President/CEO Daniel Sullivan of @grda_ok
President/CEO Tom Kent of @NPPDnews

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Congratulations to @SRPconnect, recipient of APPA’s E.F. Scattergood System Achievement Award, honoring American Public Power Association member utilities with outstanding accomplishments.

Learn more: https://t.co/OHZF8wz7vm

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Recently, in response to the request by members of the @HouseCommerce, LPPC submitted answers to committee members’ questions following their hearing, "AI and the Grid: Meeting Growing Power Demand While Protecting Ratepayers."

Our message was clear: #transmission, #generation, and emerging grid technologies should be evaluated together through an integrated planning process to ensure the right projects are selected while protecting the affordability and reliability that customers depend on — and ultimately pay for.

LPPC thanks Chairman @RepGuthrie, Subcommittee on Energy Chairman @boblatta, @RepRickAllen, and @RepMMM for considering our recommendations and for their leadership on protecting affordability and ensuring that costs are borne by those who cause them.

Read LPPC President @EnergyFalcone's testimony to the House E&C here: https://t.co/T4Bvjpckra