power association type trade association industry electric power industry founded 1940 headquarters crystal city arlington virginia united states key people sue kelly ceo and president paula difonzo board chair website www.publicpower.org the american public power association appa is the service organization for the more than 2 000 u.s. community owned electric utilities that serve more than 47 million americans . appa was created in september 1940 to represent the common interests of these utilities . today appa s purpose is to advance the public policy interests of its members and their consumers and provide member services to ensure adequate reliable electricity at a reasonable price with the proper protection of the environment . regular appa membership is open to u.s. public power utilities joint action agencies state and regional consortia of public power utilities rural electric cooperatives canadian municipal provincial utilities public power systems within u.s. territories and possessions and state regional and local associations in the united states and canada that have purposes similar to appa . members include los angeles department of water and power long island power authority salt river project in arizona sacramento municipal utility district jea in florida the iowa association of municipal utilities and seattle city light . appa also encourages associate memberships from entities and individuals that have an interest in doing business with public power and from cities and towns exploring the possibility of establishing public power systems . activities edit appa is the national advocate for public power in washington d.c. on legislative and regulatory issues and in legal proceedings . appa lobbies public power positions and monitors and reports on federal events and activities . its legislative & resolutions committee gives all utility members an opportunity to develop consensus on issues as do task forces committees and work groups . the annual legislative rally brings managers and policymakers to washington d.c. to tell the public power story . public power weekly newsletter public power magazine and public power daily are respected throughout the country as timely reliable sources of information about public power and the industry . appa s website provides information for a variety of audiences . specialized publications reports surveys and internet based networking groups inform and educate in various utility disciplines . appa offers many opportunities to learn from and network with colleagues utility experts and local and national policymakers . the annual national conference is the largest public power meeting . other annual meetings cover business and financial engineering and operations legal community broadband and customer and community services topics . appa also conducts smaller professional development courses and provides a variety of continuing education and consumer oriented materials . the demonstration of energy efficient developments deed program provides grants to appa member utilities and students from public power communities . projects explore techniques and technologies that could be widely applicable to public power . major awards are given at appa s national conference to executives and policymakers who have advanced public power s goals as well as to utilities that have met the highest standards . throughout the year others are recognized for safety records reliability annual reports lineworker skills continuing education and dedication to energy innovation . hometown connections a subsidiary secures group discounts for appa members in a variety of areas including advanced meter reading systems meter data management mdm operational data management odm customer information software scada systems broadband over powerline services and customer and employee research . external links edit american public power association retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title american public power association & oldid 733709134 categories industry trade groups based in the united statesmunicipal electric utilities of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 august 2016 at 16 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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