Texas Public Power Association Inc

What Texas Public Power Association Inc does

The Texas Public Power Association (TPPA) is a non-profit trade association founded in 1978 and headquartered in Austin, Texas. It represents 72 municipally owned electric utilities (MOUs) in Texas, plus several electric cooperatives and joint action agencies, and is an affiliate of the American Public Power Association (APPA). Its mission is to advocate for community-owned electric utilities, facilitate collaboration among members, assist in solving mutual challenges, promote the exchange of ideas and experiences, and operate a resource center for research and technical assistance.\n\nTPPA's core offerings are member services rather than commercial technology products. These include an Annual Conference (drawing 300+ industry professionals), an annual Marketing & Customer Service Conference, a biennial Legal Seminar with CLE credit, a multi-tier awards program, four standing professional committees (Engineering & Operations, Environmental, Government Relations & Legal, Marketing & Customer Service), a member directory, a career center, and a resource center that publishes fact sheets (including an ERCOT fact sheet) and curates links to government and industry resources. Corporate (non-utility) membership is offered as a secondary engagement channel for allied entities.\n\nTPPA operates with 1-10 employees on a membership-based revenue model. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, but is generated through membership dues, conference and event revenue, sponsorships, and resource-related services. The organization has no public funding rounds, no M&A activity, no parent company, and no subsidiaries. Its current executive leadership includes Executive Director Taylor Kilroy. TPPA is bounded geographically to Texas public power providers and does not assert a global footprint.

Name

Texas Public Power Association Inc

Legal name

Texas Public Power Association Inc

Website

https://tppa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Texas Public Power Association (TPPA) is a 1978-founded, Austin-based non-profit trade association representing 72 Texas municipally owned electric utilities plus electric cooperatives and joint action agencies, providing advocacy, education, conferences, and technical resources.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Texas Public Power Association (TPPA) is an Austin-based nonprofit trade association that represents 72 municipally owned electric utilities (MOUs) in Texas, plus electric cooperatives and joint action agencies. It provides industry advocacy, educational conferences, professional development programs, and serves as a clearinghouse for information, technology transfer, and training resources for its public power members.

Product overview

Texas Public Power Association (TPPA) is a trade association representing community-owned electric utilities in Texas. Rather than offering a commercial technology product, TPPA provides member services including industry advocacy, educational conferences, professional development programs, and resource sharing. The organization's offerings include annual conferences, marketing and customer service conferences, legal seminars, awards programs, and various committees for professional collaboration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Annual Conference

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, key, standard and major.

• ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas)coreTechnology or IntegrationTexas grid operator. Listed as a key industry resource, with TPPA providing ERCOT fact sheets to members.
• Department of EnergykeyOthersFederal energy department. Listed as a resource for utility staff and officials.
• Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT)coreOthersState regulatory agency for utilities in Texas. Listed as a key industry resource.
• Energy Information Administration (EIA)standardOthersFederal energy data and statistics agency. Listed as a resource link for members.
• Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)keyTechnology or IntegrationIndependent, nonprofit energy research organization. Listed as a key industry resource.
• Texas Legislature OnlinekeyOthersState legislative resource. Listed as a key resource for keeping utility staff informed on legislative issues.
• Texas Municipal LeaguemajorOthersState organization for Texas municipalities. Listed as a resource for member utilities.
• Hometown ConnectionsstandardOthersPublic power services and solutions provider. Listed as an industry resource for public power utilities.
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)keyOthersFederal environmental regulatory agency. Listed as a resource for environmental compliance information.
• Texas Comptroller's OfficestandardOthersState fiscal agency. Listed as a resource for fiscal and economic information.
• Texas Economic Development CouncilstandardOthersState economic development organization. Listed as a resource for economic development information.
• Texas Reliability Entity (TRE)coreOthersRegional entity responsible for electric reliability standards. Listed as a resource.
• Public Utilities FortnightlystandardOthersEnergy industry publication. Listed as a resource link for industry news and information.
• Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office (TANEO)keyOthersState office for advanced nuclear energy. Referenced in Annual Conference programming.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• California Municipal Utilities Association (CMUA): The California state-level trade association for municipal electric utilities. Provides the closest direct functional analogue to TPPA — advocacy, conferences, training, and legislative representation — for community-owned utilities in a different state.
• American Public Power Association (APPA): The national trade association for public power utilities in the U.S. TPPA is formally an affiliate of APPA, serving a directly analogous advocacy, training, and resource role at the national level for the same member-type utilities TPPA serves in Texas.
• Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA): The Florida state-level trade association for community-owned electric utilities. Closely mirrors TPPA's scope (municipal utilities, joint action agencies, training, conferences, advocacy) at the state level in Florida.
• National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA): The national trade association for electric cooperatives in the U.S. Operates a parallel member-services model (advocacy, conferences, training, publications) to TPPA, but for cooperatives at the national level rather than municipal/cooperative utilities in Texas.
• Large Public Power Council (LPPC): An association of large public power utilities across the U.S. Provides policy advocacy and peer coordination for public power operators, with a more narrowly focused (large-utility) membership than TPPA but in the same advocacy and information-sharing category.
• Texas Electric Cooperatives: The state-level trade association representing Texas electric cooperatives — a member segment TPPA also serves. Provides analogous advocacy, training, and resource services to a closely related constituency within the same geography.

Others

• Hometown Connections: A public-power-focused service and solutions provider affiliated with APPA. Sits adjacent to TPPA by providing commercial products and services to the same public power utilities TPPA represents, rather than competing as an association.
• Texas Municipal League: The statewide association for Texas municipalities. Listed by TPPA as a key resource partner; serves a broader municipal government membership but overlaps on the municipal utility/city-owned utility subset that TPPA focuses on.
• Public Utilities Fortnightly: An energy industry publication serving public power and utility audiences with analysis and news. TPPA lists it as a member resource; it serves as an adjacent information provider to the same community TPPA convenes.

Broad incumbents

• Edison Electric Institute (EEI): The national trade association for U.S. investor-owned electric utilities. A broader incumbent that operates an analogous advocacy/conference/research model for a different (IOU) membership segment than TPPA's community-owned utility base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/txpublicpower

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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