Bill restoring tax-exempt advance refunding introduced in House
Cities, states, and other municipal bond issuers would regain the ability to advance refund tax-exempt debt under standalone legislation introduced Thursday by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. Reps. David Kustoff, R-Tenn., Rudy Yakym.....
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...

Rapidly Escalating Energy Demand Dominates Discussions at USEA’s 2025 State of the Energy Industry Forum
LPPC President Tom Falcone joined a panel of experts at this year’s USEA Annual State of the Energy Forum, where he underscored the need for support from Washington policymakers to ensure grid reliability and meet growing energy demand...

Gov. Hochul looks to advance nuclear power as wind energy faces headwinds
With green energy facing a deep freeze from Washington, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s recent call for steps to advance nuclear power may prove crucial for the state to hit ambitious climate targets while courting energy-hungry high tech, experts said....

What is and isn’t in Trump’s National Energy Emergency Order
President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring a National Energy Emergency talks a lot about energy and energy resources ― referring to different fuels, fossil and otherwise ― but relatively little about generation, defined as the use of those fuels to produce electricity...

Policy Outlook for 2025: Everything Leads Back to Demand
LPPC CEOs convened in Washington to discuss the expectations and priorities for the new Congress and Administration with federal legislators, regulators, and other energy industry leaders. Strategies for meeting load growth underpinned every conversation...

LPPC’s Post-Election Forum Convenes Policymakers and Public Power Leaders to Address Rapidly Growing Demand for Electricity
Leaders of America’s largest public power utilities gathered in Washington, DC, for LPPC’s Post-Election Forum to advance policy to meet rapidly growing demand for electricity. Lawmakers and thought leaders, including Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (AZ), Rep. Ferguson (GA-3), and Rep. Scott Peters (CA-50), joined LPPC to share their perspectives...

Is Public Power a Better Model for Meeting Data Center Demand?
Northern Virginia isn’t the only place scrambling to find enough electricity to keep its data centers powered 24/7, said Javier Fernandez, president and CEO of Omaha Public Power District...
LPPC President-Elect: Treasury’s New Elective Pay Guidance a “Significant Step Forward” for Public Power Customers
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s newly released guidance on domestic content requirements for elective pay tax credits marks a pivotal step forward for public power utilities...
Rising Electric Demand Calls for Solutions
Meeting growing electric demand requires collaboration between utilities, federal and state policymakers, and customers. That was the big takeaway from last month’s United States Energy Association’s (USEA) Energy-Tech Connect Forum in Washington, D.C. LPPC president-elect...
