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May Insider: Mother's Day Tribute to Women in Public Power

Women represent an increasing share of Indiana Municipalities and surrounding states, and not just in traditional roles of the past. As you look around your public power utilities, you’ll find women in many roles—from lineworkers to engineers to financial managers and in top leadership roles. Presently, the industry has embraced women in public power in every aspect. Read More...

April Insider_ State Legislation: Nuclear Financing Bill Awaits Indiana Governor Mike Braun’s Signature

The final passage of Senate Bill 424 from Indiana’s House of Representatives last week sent a key piece of pronuclear legislation to Gov. Mike Braun for final approval. Read More..

March Insider _ IMEA Board of Directors: Strategic Planning Session for the Organization's Future

Registration Coming Soon! 2025 IMEA Annual Business Meeting & Vendor Expo

The IMEA Board of Directors convened for a strategic planning session on January 15-16, 2025, to discuss the organization's goals. The primary focus of the meeting was on developing non-dues revenue generation strategies that ensure the financial stability and long-term sustainability of the organization. Read More...

February Insider _IMEA Apprentice Lineman Training Center

APPA CEO & Utility Managers Roundtable, March 16-18, Omni Amelia Island, Florida

The APPA CEO & Utility Managers Roundtable is an opportunity to step back from day-to-day operations, think strategically about the challenges facing public power and collaborate with other public power leaders to position your organization to succeed.

APPA Engineering & Operations Conference 2025

Join APPA at the SAFE Credit Union Conv. Center in Sacramento, CA from March 30 – April 2! Join the national network of public power professionals focused on designing, developing, and maintaining the nation's electric system.

e-Source

April eSource _ Safety Measures To Help Protect Your Municipal Employees

Indiana has amazing utility services. At any time, night or day, they can reliably access clean water, heat and electricity for all communities and places of work. But who makes sure all of that water and electricity continues to flow so it’s there when we need it? Well, there are nearly a million people working at all hours of the day to make sure these resources are always available to ourselves and our families. Read More...

March eSource _ Arc Flash Safety

What is Arch Flash? Arc flash (often called a flashover) is a type of electrical explosion or discharge that results from a connection through air to ground or another voltage phase in an electrical system. For example, when a wire makes contact with an earthed system. Temperatures at the source of an arc flash can reach 20,000 °C — around four times the surface of the sun. Injuries can include external burns (i.e. severe burns to the skin), internal burns and intoxication from inhaling hot gasses and vaporized metal, hearing damage, eye damage and blindness from the ultraviolet light of the flash as well as many other devastating injuries. Read More...

February eSource _ The Art of Safety - A New Hierarchy

December eSource Newsletter: A Three-Tiered Approach to Securing Buy-In for Safety Initiatives

November eSource Newsletter: Beyond Behavior-Based Safety

October eSource Newsletter: Top 5 Safety Hazards for Utility Workers

Power Connections

Second Quarter: Power Connection 2024

2024 Shaping Up to Be Dramatic for Transmission and Distribution

In a significant push toward modernizing America’s aging grid infrastructure, the Biden administration, in partnership with 21 states, has launched the Federal-State Modern Grid Deployment Initiative. The measure marks the latest triumph for transmission and distribution (T&D), which has seen “lumpy” progress in recent decades. Read More....

First Quarter: Power Connection 2024

Pride in People that Work in Public Power: Why are Public Utilities Important to Society?

Public utilities aremeant to supply goods and services that are considered essential; water, gas, electricity, telephone, waste disposal, and other communication systems represent much of the public utility market. There are many different types of public utilities. Some, especially largecompanies, offer multiple products, such as electricity and natural gas. Other companies specialize in one specific product, such as water. Read More....