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Electric Reliability & Affordability and the Importance of Natural Gas (PDF) Summary Natural gas is an important electric generation fuel that will continue to play an instrumental role in the electric system for the foreseeable future. The American Public Power Association (APPA) supports federal
Back to National Conference Why is APPA still requiring masks and health check-ins? When we made the decision several months ago to move forward with an in-person National Conference, we established safety protocols not knowing where we would be with the pandemic. Some attendees registered
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As public power utilities work to protect key operational technology (OT) components that enable the safe delivery of electric power, they face hurdles in finding and evaluating cybersecurity solutions, safely sharing sensor data for independent analysis, and developing right-sized mitigation
20-01: Principles for Federal Climate Change Legislation 20-02: In Support of Congressional Efforts to Provide Public Power Utilities with Comparable Incentives to Energy-Related Tax Incentives 20-03: In Support of Protecting Critical Electric Infrastructure Information from Public Disclosure 20-04