Emergency Management: A CEO Perspective on Crisis Communication

In a crisis, how a utility communicates can be as critical as how it responds operationally. Wildfires, extreme weather, outages, rate pressures, cyber incidents and public-safety events now unfold in a 24/7 environment where customers, employees, media, regulators and elected officials demand...
April 13, 2026

Emerging Technologies Shaping the Future of Public Power

A wave of cutting-edge technologies promise to transform generation, storage, and grid management. Explore where technologies from long-duration energy storage to small modular reactors, geothermal and AI are in development and what utilities can expect from them in the next decade. Join a lively...
April 13, 2026

Resource Adequacy and System Reliability in Today's Evolving Landscape

Dive into the factors creating challenges for public power leaders in ensuring resource adequacy and system reliability. Hear different perspectives from across the sector with a panel of executives on how they are navigating the uncertainty surrounding large loads, conflicting federal and state...
April 13, 2026

Networking Lunch

Continue the conversation and connect with your fellow public power leaders over lunch hosted by APPA.
April 13, 2026

Keynote: Navigating Global Risk, Geopolitics, and the Opportunities of Tomorrow

Understanding the impact of world events that are unfolding is critical to assessing future risks and opportunities. Each industry is affected in different ways by world events—from energy, infrastructure and finance to manufacturing, supply chains and technology. And turmoil in hot spots such as...
April 13, 2026