Features

Solar Energy Rising
Solar energy is making the transition from exotic to competitive in the energy supply equation.

Sacramento’s Solar Shares
Sacramento Municipal Utility District rolls out a solar program for everyone.

Gainesville Crowns a Conservation Idol
A Florida utility turned to reality TV to get customers to take energy efficiency seriously.

By the Numbers
Maude Grantham-Richards started her utility career in accounting. The numbers have never led this year's APPA board chair astray.

Curbing Costs of Outages
Outage insurance is a little-used risk management tool in the public power sector; but one that may be worth considering.

Departments

Perspective
Public power utilities should escalate their practice of making energy efficiency their first resource for meeting energy needs.

10 Questions
Laurel Lundstrom interviewed Gov. Heineman on June 13, 2008.

Reliability
The shrinking work force is a reliability issue and unions are taking note.

Green Energy
For public power communities, a renewable portfolio standard is a local matter.

Hometown Connections
Opinion data help utilities design programs to suit customer and employee priorities.

Customer Service
The happiest customers may be those who do not have a relationship with their utilities.

Parting Shot
Guest workers—Seattle City Light engages a herd of goats to clear overgrown blackberry and ivy on a slope near its North Seattle Substation.