APGA represents the interests of public gas before the United States Congress, federal agencies and other energy-related stakeholders by developing regulatory and legislative policies.

The group appointed Mr. Francis H. King of Holyoke, Massachusetts, as the Chairman of APGA pending the election of a President at the first annual conference.

A month after the November meeting, on December 8, 1961, the American Public Gas Association was officially formed with the signing of the organizational charter.

Founding Objectives: the group set forth with a wide range of objectives, including specifically to promote cooperation between public entities which own or operate gas distribution systems or gas facilities; to promote the mutual improvement of its members; to render service to its members, particularly in the fields of management • and operations; engineering, research, supply and demand, construction and safety; accounting and commercial practice; to develop comprehensive legal and legislative policy; and to find solution to common problems that affect all public gas systems.

Committees include: Mayors and utility board members can also be involved in the association's activities through participation in the APGA Public Gas Policy Council (PGPC).