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Enhance your industry knowledge with online courses, webinars, and summits that make learning easy. The same high-quality training you expect in new convenient, cost-effective formats.
Virtual Courses | |
 | Overhead Distribution: Two-Part SeriesMay 21 – September 4 | Noon – 4 pm ET This series of two in-depth virtual courses begins with a comprehensive overview of the planning, design, installation, and maintenance principles and requirements that drive today's overhead distribution practices. Then, in the second course, learn how to review and improve your utility's overhead line design criteria and construction standards, make better design decisions, and enhance safety and reliability. Courses can be taken individually or together for a discounted rate:
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 | Accounting Fundamentals: Three-Part Virtual SeriesSeptember 16 – November 5 | Noon – 3:00 pm ET Learn more about the electric utility business, understand the foundations of public utility accounting, review how to coordinate operations and finance processes to accurately account for projects, and examine the more complicated aspects of accounting theory and practice in these popular-and practical-courses that will help you in your day-to-day work. Learn about industry trends, new accounting standards, and strategies for ensuring future financial success.
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 | Cost of Service & Rate Design: Two-Part SeriesSeptember 17 – 25 | 12 – 3:30 pm ET This two-part virtual series will provide a foundational overview of cost of service, from basic concepts to leveraging data for decision making. Review rate trends and strategies from utilities across the nation and hear how others are integrating distributed energy resources and restructuring rates.
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 | Underground Distribution Systems Virtual SeriesSeptember 23 – November 6 | Noon – 4 pm ET This series of two in-depth virtual courses begins with a comprehensive overview of the planning, design, installation, operation, and maintenance principles and requirements that drive today's underground distribution practices. In the second course, discuss how to improve your utility’s policies, standards and practices and hear about emerging industry trends. Courses can be taken individually or together for a discounted rate:
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 | Powerful Strategies for LeadersOctober 16 – November 6 | 1 – 3 pm ET This four-part webinar series will help strengthen the skills in your leadership toolkit and provide techniques to help you lead more effectively.
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 | Fundamentals of EPC Contracts for Energy ProjectsNov 4 - 12 | Noon – 3 pm ET This two-part series explores the essentials of engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts for power and energy projects, focusing on risk allocation, contract structure, and dispute resolution. Participants will gain practical strategies for drafting effective EPC provisions, managing claims, and navigating real-world disputes. |
Webinars – Free | |
 | DEED Webinar: Overview of Transformers & Transportation EV Toolkit by IAMUAugust 27 | 1 - 2 pm ET Join this webinar to learn how to utilize Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities' (IAMU) Transformers & Transportation Electrification EV Toolkit. This comprehensive toolkit can be used by utilities to confidently plan for the electrification of the transportation sector. This toolkit includes resources and tools to engage fleet customers, log existing transformers, and forecast future required transformer upgrades. |
| Resilience Webinar: Helping Public Power Tackle Wildfire RiskSeptember 25 | 3 - 4 pm ET This webinar will introduce new resources developed to support public power utilities in planning for wildfire risk. Speakers will walk through a wildfire mitigation plan template and a strategies guide that reflect current practices across public power. Participants will also learn where to access wildfire mitigation plans from other electric utilities, which can serve as helpful references during their own planning efforts. In addition, utility representatives will share their experiences with wildfire mitigation planning, including lessons learned and an overview of tools they’ve found useful. Whether you're just beginning to explore wildfire risk or looking to strengthen your existing approach, this session offers practical guidance and peer insights to support your wildfire risk mitigation planning efforts. |
| Webinar: Energy Storage for Rural Resilience in Public Power CommunitiesSeptember 29 | 11 am - 12:30 pm ET Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has been offering technical assistance to five APPA members with the purpose of identifying utility challenges related to energy resilience in rural communities and help to ensure that the utilities are provided with technical assistance to overcome these challenges through deployments of energy storage. PNNL has provided these utilities assistance in understanding community benefits, funding opportunities assistance, techno-economic analysis, and regulatory and policy assistance. In this webinar, speakers from PNNL as well as from the utilities who participated in this project will share the lessons learned from this technical assistance and how other public power utilities considering energy storage deployment can benefit from their experience. |
PublicPowerX (Sponsored) Webinars – Free | |
| PublicPowerX Webinar: Facing Cybersecurity Realities: Executive Lessons on IT/OT Integration in Public PowerAugust 26 | 2 - 3 pm ET Join this candid, executive-level discussion featuring two public power cybersecurity leaders and a security consulting director with deep experience in energy and national security who will share firsthand strategies for success. Learn practical insights on overcoming integration roadblocks, building collaboration across teams, and strategically working with external cybersecurity partners. |
On-Demand Learning Resources
Hear from industry experts and grow your knowledge at a pace that works for you. Check out our library of all on-demand webinars and courses. Each purchase includes access to the recording(s), as well as copies of the presentations or study guides.
Featured Courses | |
 | Public Power 101 is an on-demand course – offered free to APPA members – designed to give you a deeper understanding of the electric utility landscape, where public power fits in, the unique benefits of the public power business model, and an overview of the different governance structures. Learn about the three main types of utility ownership, their defining characteristics, and market share. Hear about public power’s unique attributes, benefits, and the importance of communicating these to customers and stakeholders. |
 | The Public Power Governance Essentials on-demand series offers a convenient way to get up-to-speed on the nuts and bolts of governance requirements, such as complying with charters and bylaws, reporting conflicts of interest, understanding duties and legal obligations, and facilitating an effective board meeting. Review other keys to governance success, including how to communicate effectively, meaningfully monitor performance, foster accountability, and much more. Fifteen learning modules (typically 12-25 minutes each) are specially designed to help you build the skills necessary to become a productive board member that contributes to the long-term success of your organization. |
 | The Advanced Key Accounts Certificate Program is your path to take your key accounts program to the next level. Fast-track your way to certification by joining a cohort group that will work through the new on-demand Advanced Key Accounts Certificate Program curriculum together over five weeks. Added benefits include: one-on-one conversations with the instructor to reinforce and workshop concepts, new tips and tools to apply immediately. |
