2025 Priorities
Protect Municipal Bonds for Job Creation and Livable Communities
- Oppose any attempt to tax municipal bond interest.
- Oppose any attempt to limit current uses of municipal bonds.
Defend Elective Payment Tax Credits to Keep Electricity Affordable
- Protect access to elective payment to ensure that all utilities have access to federal incentives promoting a diverse generation portfolio.
- Protect access to elective payment to ensure that the value of tax credits stays in the communities paying for projects.
Enact Energy Permitting Reform
Reform environmental statutes to require prompt, consistent federal agency review decisions.- Provide sustained funding to agencies to ensure timely, coordinated decisions.
- Prioritize infrastructure-neutral permitting policies to contain costs and keep electricity affordable.
Protect Electric Reliability
Federal policies must not force the early retirement of existing generation sources.- Streamline the interconnection of generation resources, especially those needed for reliability.
- Enhance coordination between the electric and gas industries with higher standards for gas delivery, notification, and transparency to protect a reliable electric system.
Strengthen Partnerships for a Secure Grid
Support strong industry-government partnerships to prevent, prepare for, and respond to attacks.- Oppose redundant regulatory and reporting mandates.
- Facilitate the sharing of timely and actionable threat information.
For a full list of APPA’s key advocacy issues, visit our Policy Positions page.