LPPC News & Announcements

‘Phantom’ data centres muddy forecasts for US power needs

US data centre developers are flooding utilities with inflated growth plans, muddying efforts to plan for future power needs with projects that may never materialise. Developers are approaching multiple...

America's Future Growth Depends on Building New Energy Infrastructure Today

Permitting reform can't wait. LPPC President Tom Falcone explains how policymakers can reform the permitting process to accelerate energy infrastructure development.

LPPC President Highlights Public Power’s Role in Meeting AI-Driven Energy Demand

On Thursday, October 23, LPPC President Tom Falcone joined energy industry leaders at the United States Energy Association’s EnergyTech Connect event for a panel discussion titled...

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

LPPC Supports Bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act to Protect Electric Infrastructure and Reduce Wildfire Risk

The Large Public Power Council (LPPC), which represents 29 of the nation’s largest not-for-profit public power utilities, welcomes and supports the Fix Our Forests Act (S. 1462), which...

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...

Issue Breakdown: Fixing EPA’s Phase I Carbon Rule to Power Growth and Integrate Renewables

The U.S. grid is entering an unprecedented era of growth. After two decades of flat demand, electricity use is now climbing sharply as data centers, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, and electrification take off...

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...