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Understanding Public Power

From small towns to large cities, community-owned, not-for-profit public power utilities power homes and businesses in 2,000 communities across the U.S. They safely provide reliable, low-cost electricity to more than 49 million Americans, while giving back to the communities they serve.

Communities with Public Power

Public power communities can be found in 49 states and all U.S. territories.

Public power customers have shorter outages

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