The American Public Power Association is holding a Midwest Regional Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Summit on July 24 and 25 at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The summit will provide education on the tools, technologies, and resources available to municipal utilities to establish and maintain a successful cybersecurity program, no matter what the size of your utility.

For more information about the summit or to register, go to:

https://www.publicpower.org/event/2019-midwest-regional-municipal-utility-cybersecurity-summit

To help raise awareness of public power in your community, the American Public Power Association (APPA) encourages public power utilities to join the APPA and other public power utilities across the country in sharing public education resources in November. APPA has listed some helpful resources below that you can use in your social media posts, newsletters, and other customer communications. Use the hashtags listed below the resources as well as #PublicPower. You can also simply repost/retweet/share every day from the APPA’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

New Resources: The APPA has developed a robust suite of templates and suggested content by topics and months http://publicpower.org/raisingawareness/. Bookmark this page, as the APPA adds content to it regularly as new pieces are developed.

#CommunityPowered Campaign social media contest for customers  
Through Nov. 30, encourage your followers to use their public Instagram or Twitter account to share a photo or video about why they think it's great to be #CommunityPowered (don't forget the hashtag!). Weekly prizes include a toaster oven, an ionic hair dryer, an LED snowman, a Wi-Fi Smart Color Programmable Thermostat, and more! For sample social media messages, contest details and rules, visit https://wearecommunitypowered.com/contest-rules/.

Veterans Day (Nov 11)
Resources  #VeteransDay #PublicPower

Utilities United Against Scams Week / Day (Nov 11-17 / Nov 14)
Resources Guide and Resources #StopScams #PublicPower

Thanksgiving (Nov 23)
Resources  #ThanksGiving #PublicPower 

Rule your Attic 
Resources  #RuleYourAttic #PublicPower 

Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month 
Resources  #Infrastructure #PublicPower

You can always find other days of the year that you can adapt to your utility here  and here. If you have any questions or need any assistance please contact Jen Cronin at jcronin@iamu.org.