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An emerging cross-association, interdisciplinary, practice-engaged research and professional community, connecting individuals and institutions engaged in utility policy and management, and advancing research, practice, and professional exchange on essential utility and infrastructure systems.
BUILDING THE COMMUNITY
BUILDING THE COMMUNITY
A professional home for utility policy & management, being developed across APPAM, ASPA, PMRA, and NASPAA.
A professional home for utility policy & management, being developed across APPAM, ASPA, PMRA, and NASPAA.
An emerging multi-association, interdisciplinary, practice-engaged research and professional community, proposed across APPAM, ASPA, PMRA, and NASPAA, connecting scholars, practitioners, policymakers, regulators, students, and utility professionals working across electricity, water and wastewater, natural gas and hydrogen, broadband and telecommunications, and other essential utility and infrastructure systems. It provides a shared space for research exchange, professional connections, dialogue, field development, education, and collaboration on the public policy and public management challenges shaping these systems.
Get Involved
Get Involved
Join us in building a stronger professional community around utility policy and management.
POTENTIAL HOSTS
POTENTIAL HOSTS
Utility P&M is being developed as a possible multi-association professional community with alignment across public policy, public administration, public management, and public affairs education networks.
EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT
EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT
We gratefully acknowledge organizations that have expressed interest in, support for, or willingness to remain engaged with the development of this emerging community. Listings do not necessarily imply formal endorsement unless specifically stated.
Utility P&M Zoom Meetup & Brainstorming
Utility P&M Zoom Meetup & Brainstorming
Before we gather in Boston for APPAM 2026, we are hosting an informal Utility P&M Zoom Meetup & Brainstorming Session to bring members together, exchange ideas, and help shape our inaugural gathering and the community’s next steps.
Join us for a relaxed online conversation to meet fellow members, share ideas for the APPAM gathering, discuss priorities and possibilities for Utility P&M, and help shape where the community goes next.
Whether or not you will be joining us in Boston, we would be glad to have your voice in the conversation.
Date: Friday, September 18, 2026
Time: 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET
Utility Policy & Management Is Coming to APPAM 2026
Utility Policy & Management Is Coming to APPAM 2026
Join us for the inaugural Utility Policy & Management Community Meeting at the 2026 APPAM Fall Research Conference in Boston.
Saturday, November 7, 2026
3:30–5:00 p.m. Eastern
Exeter Room
Come together, build connections, and help shape an emerging interdisciplinary and practice-engaged community focused on essential utility and infrastructure systems.
Publisher Support for Utility P&M at APPAM 2026
Publisher Support for Utility P&M at APPAM 2026
Special resources and offers for the Utility Policy & Management community
We are delighted to share the generous support of two leading academic publishers for our inaugural gathering at APPAM 2026.
We are very grateful to the University of Chicago Press and Edward Elgar Publishing for supporting the development of the Utility Policy & Management community and helping connect our members with relevant scholarship and resources.
University of Chicago Press
University of Chicago Press
BOOKS FOR OUR APPAM GATHERING
BOOKS FOR OUR APPAM GATHERING
The University of Chicago Press has generously offered to contribute a selection of books for the inaugural Utility P&M gathering at APPAM 2026.
We look forward to sharing these resources with participants and incorporating them into our community activities.
More information about the contributed titles will be announced closer to APPAM 2026.
Edward Elgar Publishing
Edward Elgar Publishing
50% CONFERENCE DISCOUNT
50% CONFERENCE DISCOUNT
Edward Elgar Publishing has created a special Utility P&M conference flyer featuring publications available to members and participants at 50% off.
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
DISCOUNT CODE:
DISCOUNT CODE:
APPAM50
Valid through December 31, 2026
UTILITY P&M PRAXIS + EMPIRIA
UTILITY P&M PRAXIS + EMPIRIA
Research to Practice. Practice to Research.
Utility P&M Praxis translates credible research and evidence into accessible, practical insights for utility policy, management, regulation, and professional practice.
Utility P&M Empiria brings practitioner ideas, observations, experiences, and challenges into research—helping surface issues, patterns, and questions that scholarship can explore.
Together, Praxis and Empiria create a two-way connection between research and practice.
Now inviting contributions to both publications.
Now inviting contributions to both publications.
Sponsorship and Partnership Opportunities
Sponsorship and Partnership Opportunities
Inaugural Utility Policy & Management Community Meeting
2026 APPAM Fall Research Conference
Boston
The Utility Policy & Management Community invites organizations to support its inaugural community meeting at the 2026 APPAM Fall Research Conference.
Organizations may participate as sponsors or partners by:
Providing financial support for approved meeting needs, including refreshments, printing, signage, and participant materials
Contributing publications, reports, datasets, teaching materials, training opportunities, or career resources
Supporting student participation through travel or attendance assistance
Promoting the meeting through newsletters, websites, listservs, and social media
Providing brochures, membership information, event announcements, or other materials for attendees
Designating a representative to attend and connect with members of the community
All sponsorship and partnership arrangements will be coordinated in accordance with applicable APPAM conference policies.
Become a Sponsor or Partner
Become a Sponsor or Partner
Organizations interested in supporting this inaugural gathering are invited to contact us at contact@utilitypm.org.
COMMUNITY PURPOSE
COMMUNITY PURPOSE
Professional Home
Professional Home
A sustained space for people working on utility policy and management.
Cross-Sector Connection
Cross-Sector Connection
Bridging electricity, water, gas, broadband, infrastructure, policy, and public management.
Research-Practice Exchange
Research-Practice Exchange
Connecting scholarship, regulation, implementation, and professional experience.
Education & Workforce Development
Education & Workforce Development
Supporting students, early-career professionals, faculty, and practitioners.
Field Building
Field Building
Helping define utility policy and management as a visible area of scholarship and practice.
WHO SHOULD JOIN THE COMMUNITY?
WHO SHOULD JOIN THE COMMUNITY?
Utility P&M welcomes individuals and institutions working across:
Essential Utility and Infrastructure Systems
Essential Utility and Infrastructure Systems
Electricity, water, wastewater, stormwater, natural gas, broadband, telecommunications, and related public service systems.
Policy and Management Challenges
Policy and Management Challenges
Governance, regulation, affordability, reliability, resilience, sustainability, equity, finance, planning, implementation, innovation, and institutional performance.
Academic and Professional Fields
Academic and Professional Fields
Public administration, public policy, public management, planning, law, economics, engineering, environmental studies, nonprofit leadership, and related disciplines.
Research, Practice, and Public Service Roles
Research, Practice, and Public Service Roles
Scholars, students, educators, practitioners, regulators, policymakers, public managers, utility professionals, consultants, nonprofit leaders, advocates, and community partners.
INITIATIVE HIGHLIGHT
INITIATIVE HIGHLIGHT
Building the infrastructure for a professional community.
Building the infrastructure for a professional community.
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