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Hometown Connections Helps Piqua OH Identify Cybersecurity Priorities, Budget Needs
Learn More: Hometown Connections Helps Piqua OH Identify Cybersecurity Priorities, Budget NeedsThe City of Piqua, Ohio, is dedicated to providing the highest level of service to its nearly 11,000 electric customers, applying regularly for the designation of Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3) by the American Public Power Association. Being recognized by the RP3program demonstrates a utility’s commitment to excellence in reliability, safety, workforce development, and system improvement.…
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Gather Baseline Information Prior To Engaging Cybersecurity Consultant
Learn More: Gather Baseline Information Prior To Engaging Cybersecurity ConsultantDue to recent news coverage of a major cyber penetration of U.S. government agencies and corporations across the globe, cybersecurity is front and center for city governments and their municipal utility departments. Before reaching out to consultants prepared to help evaluate cyber vulnerabilities and design a protection program, each community-owned utility should gather a baseline…
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Take Fast-Track To Creating A Strategic Plan That Works
Learn More: Take Fast-Track To Creating A Strategic Plan That WorksLike your public power peers, you must map out your utility’s future through a rocky terrain. But you don’t have much time or the budget to commit to an elaborate endeavor. That’s why Hometown Connections has perfected a simple technique for evaluating your operations and determining your priorities and goals for the next five years.…
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Give Your Board or City Council Primer on Public Power Governance
Learn More: Give Your Board or City Council Primer on Public Power GovernanceTo provide an easy-to-read manual for municipal utility governing officials and managers, the American Public Power Association published the Policymakers Handbook: A Nuts and Bolts Guide to Governance for Public Power. Written by Steve VanderMeer of Hometown Connections, Inc., this overview explains governance duties and responsibilities, strategies for effective oversight and planning, and the benefits of being a public power…
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Increase Productivity & Positivity in the Workplace
Learn More: Increase Productivity & Positivity in the WorkplaceWith continuous change in our industry, there’s a lot for everyone to do, and success depends on each member of the team working together like a well-oiled machine. Sometimes personality differences and interpersonal dynamics can derail projects and productivity. With Totally Responsible Person® (TRP®) training from Hometown Connections, Inc., each of your team members will learn…
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SAGE Development Authority Seeking Crowdfunding for New 235-Megawatt Wind Farm to Benefit the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Learn More: SAGE Development Authority Seeking Crowdfunding for New 235-Megawatt Wind Farm to Benefit the Standing Rock Sioux TribeSAGE Development Authority, the first public power authority owned by a single Native nation in the United States, announced the launch of a new crowdfunding initiative — www.anpetuwi.com — marking the next phase of development for its 235-megawatt wind farm named Anpetu Wi. The wind farm will be located on the Standing Rock Reservation, outside…
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Public Power 101 Webinar Series Covers Benefits and Challenges of Community-owned Utilities
Learn More: Public Power 101 Webinar Series Covers Benefits and Challenges of Community-owned UtilitiesJoin this two-part series by the American Public Power Association to learn about the unique benefits and challenges facing the public power business model, and discuss strategies for the future. Learn what gives public power communities an edge and how we can continue to thrive and serve our communities well amid multiple disruptive trends. Led…
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Industry Veteran Marc Gerken Brings Expertise in Public Power Business Operations to Hometown Connections Staff
Learn More: Industry Veteran Marc Gerken Brings Expertise in Public Power Business Operations to Hometown Connections StaffFollowing a distinguished career that saw him rise from a city engineer in Ohio to helm the nation’s largest public power joint action agency (JAA), Marc Gerken has joined the staff of Hometown Connections, Inc. He retired recently after serving for twenty years as president and chief executive officer of American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP),…
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Mark Ennis Brings Expertise in Distribution System Management to Hometown Connections Board
Learn More: Mark Ennis Brings Expertise in Distribution System Management to Hometown Connections BoardA public power industry leader with expertise in regulatory compliance and distribution system management, Mark Ennis of the Alabama Municipal Electric Authority (AMEA) has joined the Board of Directors of Hometown Connections, Inc. AMEA is one of six joint action agencies that co-own Hometown Connections. Mr. Ennis is AMEA’s Manager of Compliance and Distribution Services…
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Branndon Kelley Brings Utility Technology Management Expertise To Hometown Connections Board of Directors
Learn More: Branndon Kelley Brings Utility Technology Management Expertise To Hometown Connections Board of DirectorsA visionary leader of public power technology management, Branndon Kelley of American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) has joined the Board of Directors of Hometown Connections, Inc. AMP is one of six joint action agencies that co-own Hometown Connections. Mr. Kelley is AMP’s Senior Vice President of Technology & Chief Information Officer and AMP’s representative on the…
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How Can We Help?
Learn More: How Can We Help?We know this a stressful and critical time for all Public Utilities and their customers. This pandemic hits home for every one of us, and we are dedicated to working together to help public utility communities recover and move forward. While we have all been focused on managing during COVID-19 developments, assessing future business scenarios…
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Strategic Plans Unite Utility Staff and Leadership Through Shared Roadmap for Change
Learn More: Strategic Plans Unite Utility Staff and Leadership Through Shared Roadmap for ChangeFormed in 1889, ALP Utilities in Alexandria, Minnesota is among the oldest electric utilities in the nation and well known today for delivering excellent electric, water, and business communications services. Yet, the organization faces many of the same infrastructure, financial, customer engagement, energy resources, and workforce issues as utilities across the U.S. As a new…
