LPPC News

LPPC President Joins USEA for Virtual Press Briefing on AI in the Electric Utility Space

The Bond Buyer Podcast: Surging energy demand, federal headwinds, and the $140B public power buildout

In this episode, the Bond Buyer's Northeast Reporter Christina Baker is joined by Tom Falcone, president of the Large Public Power Council...

The POWER Podcast: Advocating for Public Power Companies

Public power utilities are community-owned, not-for-profit electric utilities that deliver reliable, low-cost electricity to about 2,000 communities serving more than 55 million Americans...

Public Power Leaders Discuss Surging Load, Reliability, Affordability, and Sustainability with Investors and the Financial Community

LPPC member CEOs and CFOs convened with investors and the financial community in New York City for the Large Public Power Council’s (LPPC) 2025 Financial Conference...

US public power sector weighs risks and rewards of data center customers

U.S. public power utilities are seeing explosive electricity demand from data centers, with some requests exceeding the total energy currently used by all of their customers combined...

Large Public Power Utility CEOs Convene in New York to Tackle Surging Electricity Demand

The Large Public Power Council (LPPC) brought CEOs and financial leaders together in New York City this week to confront the defining challenge of our industry: unprecedented growth in electricity demand...

Grid Reliability, Retirements, and New Entry to Meet AI and Load Growth Leavebehind

LPPC's September 2025 leavebehind was initially prepared for a meeting with the Department of Energy, responding to DOE's July 2025 grid reliability report.

Data Centers That Don’t Exist Yet Are Already Haunting the Grid

Data centers are desperate to connect to the U.S. electric grid. What remains fuzzy is how many will ultimately be built and how much electricity they will require...

Meeting AI Power Demand Means More Renewables, Grid Officials Say

Energy developers, investors and providers say solar and wind must be part of an “all-of-the-above” response to surging electricity demand...

RTO Insider Covers LPPC at USEA Virtual Press Briefing

A group of industry insiders looking at ways to meet data centers’ electricity demand found a common thread within their varied opinions: The power sector and its regulators need to be a lot nimbler...