Alaska Power Association
Alaska Power Association is the statewide trade association that represents the electric utilities that supply power to Alaskans from Barrow to Unalaska, through the Interior and Southcentral, and down the Inside Passage.
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Mission
The mission of Alaska Power Association is to assist our members in accomplishing their goals of delivering electric energy and other services at the best value to their consumers.
Member Services
- Legislative representation: APA members have a voice in the development of electric industry positions and policy making.
- Information clearinghouse: Members receive frequent updates on legislative and regulatory issues. Forum: APA is the statewide electric utility industry forum for networking and information sharing.
- Training opportunities: A variety of workshops geared for electric utility employees and managers, and directors/commissioners are periodically offered.
- Insurance: The ARECA Insurance Exchange, APA’s sister organization, provides multi-line coverage to many Alaska electric and telephone utilities. It is a service-oriented insurer with an A- rating from A.M. Best.
Additional Membership Benefits
- Safety & training opportunities: Members have access to a multimedia library with more than 1,200 safety and training selections.
- Membership directory and website: All members are listed in APA’s award-winning membership directory and links to their websites are featured on our website.
- Marketing: There are several opportunities for providing information about your organization to our members.
Membership Categories*:
- Active Members shall be any rural electric cooperative corporation, municipally owned electric utility, joint action agency or regional electric authority which is organized under the laws of the State of Alaska and which has annual sales of at least 800 MWH.
- Associate Members shall be any utility not eligible to be an active member but which has substantial interest in the activities of the Association.
- Supporting Members shall be any individual, partnership, corporation or other organization not eligible to be an Active or Associate Member that has an interest in the activities of this Association.
*On March 10, 2010, the Alaska Power Association Board of Directors voted to approve revisions to the Association’s bylaws that included changing the names of the membership categories from Active, Contributing, and Associate to Active, Associate, and Supporting.