AABE Conference: Calvin Butler
Leadership Re-Imagined
We’re being asked to lead in one of the most trying times of our generation – I’m talking about a pandemic, racial unrest, political upheaval.
Law & Lawyers
AABE Conference: Conversation with the C-Suite
Energy Re-Imagined
“We’re in a time of unprecedented uncertainty and ambiguity. As C-suite leaders, we have to set the strategy.”
AABE Conference: Tatiana Roc
Leadership Re-Imagined
“Find your network, have the uncomfortable conversations, dig deep into the root causes of the culture.”
What a Derecho Is
Flattened, Iowa Recovers
This October’s Cover Story, on the Iowa Derecho, is hard to fathom in that the National Weather Service measured wind speeds at 140 miles per hour.
American Public Power's Leadership Summit
Virtual Conferences
Conversations with the CEO of Tacoma Public Utilities, the CEO of Missouri River Energy Services, and the General Manager of Chelan County Public Utility District.
Restoring Iowa from Derecho
Storm Recovery
Iowa rarely, if ever, witnessed a storm that left more devastation in its wake.
APPA Leadership Summit: Jackie Flowers
Tacoma Public Utilities
“Technology is driving change in the organization, and it’s also driving customer expectations, which is one of the great elements of the takeaway from our COVID responses.”
Iowa Derecho: Terry Kouba
Interstate Power and Light
“It was far and away the worst storm, the worst damage in the history of this company. With this derecho, we had no warning at all.”
APPA Leadership Summit: Tom Heller
Missouri River Energy Services
“Minnesota is considering a clean energy first law but North and South Dakota aren’t looking at anything like that. They’re more market based.”
Iowa Derecho: Dusky Terry
ITC Midwest
A derecho recently swept across Iowa with wind speeds reaching one hundred and forty miles per hour. In addition to widespread property damage, nearly six-hundred thousand Iowans were left without power and nearly forty percent of the state's crops were damaged or destroyed. Iowa rarely, if ever, witnessed a storm that left more devastation in its wake. PUF staff talked with Terry Kouba, President, Interstate Power and Light and Dusky Terry, President, ITC Midwest about this costly derecho and extensive restoration efforts.