The IMEA News

May Insider: Mother's Day Tribute to Women in Public Power

Women represent an increasing share of Indiana Municipalities and surrounding states, and not just in traditional roles of the past. As you look around your public power utilities, you’ll find women in many roles—from lineworkers to engineers to financial managers and in top leadership roles. Presently, the industry has embraced women in public power in every aspect. Read More...

March Insider _ IMEA Board of Directors: Strategic Planning Session for the Organization's Future

Registration Coming Soon! 2025 IMEA Annual Business Meeting & Vendor Expo

The IMEA Board of Directors convened for a strategic planning session on January 15-16, 2025, to discuss the organization's goals. The primary focus of the meeting was on developing non-dues revenue generation strategies that ensure the financial stability and long-term sustainability of the organization. Read More...

APPA CEO & Utility Managers Roundtable, March 16-18, Omni Amelia Island, Florida

The APPA CEO & Utility Managers Roundtable is an opportunity to step back from day-to-day operations, think strategically about the challenges facing public power and collaborate with other public power leaders to position your organization to succeed.

May eSource Newsletter: Handling, Lifting, and Ergonomics: Safety in the Workplace

Register Today: 2025 IMEA Annual Business Meeting & Vendor Expo

Lifting heavy items is one of the leading causes of injury in the workplace. Overexertion and cumulative trauma were the biggest factors in these injuries. Bending, followed by twisting and turning, were the more commonly cited movements that caused back injuries. Strains and sprains from lifting loads improperly or from carrying loads that are either too large or too heavy are common hazards associated with manually moving materials. When employees use smart lifting practices, they are less likely to suffer from back sprains, muscle pulls, wrist injuries, elbow injuries, spinal injuries and other injuries caused by lifting heavy objects. Read More....

March eSource _ Arc Flash Safety

What is Arch Flash? Arc flash (often called a flashover) is a type of electrical explosion or discharge that results from a connection through air to ground or another voltage phase in an electrical system. For example, when a wire makes contact with an earthed system. Temperatures at the source of an arc flash can reach 20,000 °C — around four times the surface of the sun. Injuries can include external burns (i.e. severe burns to the skin), internal burns and intoxication from inhaling hot gasses and vaporized metal, hearing damage, eye damage and blindness from the ultraviolet light of the flash as well as many other devastating injuries. Read More...

December eSource Newsletter: A Three-Tiered Approach to Securing Buy-In for Safety Initiatives

Second Quarter: Power Connection 2024

2024 Shaping Up to Be Dramatic for Transmission and Distribution

In a significant push toward modernizing America’s aging grid infrastructure, the Biden administration, in partnership with 21 states, has launched the Federal-State Modern Grid Deployment Initiative. The measure marks the latest triumph for transmission and distribution (T&D), which has seen “lumpy” progress in recent decades. Read More....