MISSION:

The CPC is the first non-profit organization for users and providers of Critical Power, with a mission to:

• Create awareness within or coordinate with relevant public and private organizations where critical power issues are, or should be, more fully addressed
• Provide information, training, and educational programs to assist private and public operations that require higher power-quality, security and continuity
• Work collaboratively with industry and government organizations to develop or support relevant critical power initiatives
• Differentiate the critical power industry from the traditional grid power industry.

Modern economies are increasingly electrified, and reliant on power-sensitive digital technologies.

Increasingly, day-to-day operations of critical facilities cannot be supported by the nature of electricity as provided by the public grid.

This challenge is exacerbated by vulnerabilities exposed in the attacks of 9/11/01, the 8/14/03 black-out, and natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina in 2005.