18-01: In Support of Implementing Meaningful Oversight and Transparency of Supplemental Projects 18-03: In Support of Electric Vehicles 18-04: In Support of Improved Efforts to Prevent and Respond to Natural Disasters 18-05: In Support of Public Power Infrastructure Investments 18-06: In Support of
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Security
Association Publications The American Public Power Association has a suite of resources to help in hardening a utility's physical security. Physical Security Essentials: A Public Power Primer Physical Security Essentials: A Public Power Primer, updated in 2024, addresses physical security protective
Community Engagement
The American Public Power Association offers a range of resources to help municipal electric utility board and council members — as well as the utility staff that work with them — better understand the public power business model, fulfill governance responsibilities, and help their utilities succeed
Public Power Now The American Public Power Association’s Public Power Now podcast brings listeners the latest news and insights from key public power utility executives, power industry players and APPA staff. Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on Spotify Interested in
Members of the American Public Power Association can reach out to vendors and entities in a variety spaces, including transmission and distribution equipment, software, and power purchasing agreements. A selection of vendors who work with public power utilities can be found in the Public Power
Distributed Energy Resources
The National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP) is an initiative led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office. In 2020-2021, the American Public Power Association partnered with the NCSP on the Municipal Utility Collaborative to identify and address common barriers to
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
Security
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