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Public Utilities Would Feel Pain if Muni Tax Exemption Goes
March 31, 2025
Higher borrowing costs would force publicly-owned utility providers to raise rates or delay critical infrastructure, advocates say, and may even spur privatization. Doing away with the tax exemption, as congressional Republicans have suggested, would force local governments to choose...
LPPC Welcomes EPA’s Decision To Reconsider The Power Plant CO2 Rule
March 13, 2025
The Large Public Power Council (LPPC), which represents 29 of the largest not-for-profit public power utilities in the U.S., welcomes the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to reconsider the Power Plant CO2 Rule...
LPPC Op-ed: Growing Demand for Electricity Requires New Policy Solutions
March 11, 2025
America wants more. More manufacturing, more innovation, more opportunities for economic growth. Technologies like AI and advanced semiconductors are meeting the moment, providing enterprises and individuals with computing power, jobs and investment opportunities...
Forbes Covers LPPC at USEA Press Briefing
March 6, 2025
Donald Trump is sounding more aggressive than ever, promising to take a closer look at the “endangerment finding,” which is the scientific and legal basis for regulating greenhouse gases that are causing climate change...
Bill restoring tax-exempt advance refunding introduced in House
February 13, 2025
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
February 12, 2025
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
January 28, 2025
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
January 26, 2025
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
January 21, 2025
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
December 19, 2024
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...
