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Governor Ivey Proclaims Public Power Week in Alabama

Governor Kay Ivey has proclaimed October 1 - 7 as Public Power Week in Alabama. 

Huntsville Utilities is celebrating Public Power Week along with 2,000 other community-powered, not-for-profit electric utilities that collectively provide electricity to 49 million Americans. 

This year's theme is how public power utilities are building for the future to ensure reliable, affordable, sustainable, and customer-focused service to our community for many years to come. This means working hand-in-hand with customers and community leaders to make sure public power utilities reflect the long-term goals and needs of the communities they serve. 

Public Power Week is an annual national observance coordinated by the American Public Power Association. The American Public Power Association is the voice of not-for-profit, community-owned utilities that power 2,000 towns and cities nationwide. The Association represents public power before the federal government to protect the interests of the more than 49 million people that public power utilities serve, and the 93,000 people they employ. It advocates and advises on electricity policy, technology, trends, training, and operations. Its members strengthen their communities by providing superior service, engaging citizens, and instilling pride in community-owned power. More at www.PublicPower.org

Huntsville Utilities thanks Governor Ivey for her support of public power. 

Proclamation by the Governor of Alabama. Whereas, many residents in the state of Alabama enjoy the benefits of consumer-owned, not-for-profit public power; and whereas, these consumer-owned electric utilities are valuable community assets that contribute substantially to the well-being of their local residents through energy efficiency, customer service and economic development; and whereas, Alabama's public power utilities serve nearly 1 million Alabamians and are part of more than 2,000 public power systems in the United States that ensure cost-cutting competition in the electric utility industry, through consumer-ownership, to the benefit of electric consumers everywhere; and whereas, 2023 marks the 25th year Alabama has celebrated Public Power Week and that initiative has proven to be a highly successful means to educate local consumers and the public about public power's service mission and community betterment goals; and whereas, Alabama joins hands with other public power communities across the nation to celebrate the public benefits of consumer-owned public power for our local and national progress; now, therefore, I, Kay Ivey, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim October 1 through October 7, 2023, as Public Power Week in the state of Alabama. Given under my hand and the great seal of the office of the Governor at the State Capitol in the City of Montgomery on the 28th day of September 2023.

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