Advocacy

LPPC Comments on 2024 Carbon Pollution Standards: Phase 1 Achievability Concerns

LPPC Supports Legislation to Restore Tax-Exempt Advance Refunding for Municipal Bonds

LPPC supports the introduction of Representative David Kustoff (R-TN), Rudy Yakym (R-IN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)'s Investing in Our Communities Act. This legislation will restore tax-exempt advance refunding for municipal bonds, enabling public power utilities to build and maintain...

LPPC Provides Comments to Treasury on Clean Energy Tax Credits

On December 23, 2022, LPPC provided the U.S. Department of the Treasury with comments on the clean energy tax provisions included in...

LPPC Issues Joint Statement Regarding FERC’s Proposed Rule on Transmission Planning

Since FERC issued its Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking several months ago, we have been working together on a set of common principles...

LPPC Issues Statement Regarding EPA’s Proposed Rulemaking on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS)

LPPC is pleased to see the EPA’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) that reaffirms the finding that rules for coal...

GridWise Alliance and Grid Infrastructure Advisory Council Letter

On June 29, 2021, as part of the Grid Infrastructure Advisory Council, LPPC wrote to Congress to support the inclusion of grid modernization in any future infrastructure package.

Letter to Treasury of Private Use

On June 7, 2021, LPPC wrote to the U.S. Department of the Treasury concerning the application of the private activity bond test to output facilities.

Letter to Treasury on Priority Guidance

On June 7, 2021, LPPC wrote to the Internal Revenue Service concerning the application of the private activity bond test to output facilities.

Joint Trades Community Owned Utility Direct Pay Letter

LPPC, joined by American Public Power Association (APPA) and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), penned a letter to Congress...

LPPC Federal Reserve Municipal Liquidity Facility Letter

On May 15, 2021, LPPC urged the Federal Reserve to include public power systems, particularly larger systems, as eligible to directly borrow under the MLF program.