About HTC
Hometown Connections® is a utility services subsidiary of the American Public Power Association (APPA).
APPA is the service organization for the nation's more than 2,000 community- and state-owned electric utilities that serve more than 45 million Americans.
Hometown Connections offers three areas of service to help your public utility save money and serve its customers.
1. Utility Operations Services: Including engineering and operations software, SCADA systems, grid management over power lines, property & casualty insurance, and online energy audits.
2. Business Planning Services: Combining strategy consulting and assessments with market research capabilities.
3. Retail Services: Companies partner with APPA members to add surge protection, energy improvement, Internet or other services to their mix of retail offerings.
Hometown Connections secures discounted pricing, group packaging and high levels of service for members of the American Public Power Association.
Hometown Connections makes products and services directly available in every part of the country through its direct sales staff and alliances with 18 public power joint action agencies, state associations and individual utilities.
Personal attention from the staff and affiliates is the hallmark of Hometown Connections. As demonstrated by our experience with over 650 APPA members, we connect you with the best supplier. Then, from first inquiry to service delivery, we stand by you to make sure everything goes just right
Hometown Connections selects product areas based on input from the APPA membership. Then, Hometown Connections performs due diligence in the marketplace and teams with suppliers that are best qualified to serve public power.
AMEA continues to see Hometown Connections as a way to take advantage of the collective buying power of APPA, while forming alliances with companies providing excellent products, and providing services to our Members that AMEA could not provide on its own. Hometown Connections fits in with AMEA's vision of providing a competitive edge to the municipal utilities in Alabama and providing customer satisfaction to our Members.
For more information on Hometown Connections, contact Lisa Miller, AMEA’s Manager of Communications and Marketing, (800) 239-2632, Ext. 118, (334) 387-3501, or lmiller@amea.com.