McPherson, Kansas – April, 16 2024 — McPherson Board of Public Utilities has received national recognition for achieving exceptional electric reliability in 2023 for performance in 2018-2022. The recognition comes from the American Public Power Association (APPA), a trade group that represents more than 2,000 not-for-profit, community-owned electric utilities. APPA helps electric utilities track power [...]
The BPU had some unexpected visitors on Friday, April 5th. One employee went to lunch like usual; however, when he returned, he noticed that a large swarm of honeybees had decided to make the BPU’s dwarf cherry tree its new home!- Who can blame them? These trees are beautiful this time of year! Realizing that [...]
If you’ve driven by our power plant located at 1128 W Avenue A, you will notice there is another project underway. This plant is home to three generators each capable of producing 50MWs of power. Unit 1 is receiving a little TLC this spring with a planned combustion inspection. All generating units at BPU continue [...]
From February 26th through February 28th, BPU's General Manager, Josh Bedel, attended the American Public Power Association's (APPA) Legislative Rally in Washington, D.C. Bedel was joined by 12 other Kansas municipal leaders to advocate for public utilities. The group had an opportunity to meet on Capitol Hill with congressional offices to discuss six topics that [...]
One of the qualities that enhances McPherson’s “curb appeal” is its abundance of beautiful trees. While most all agree that trees are great, tree contact with BPU power lines can cause power outages. For this reason, the BPU takes proactive measures to ensure electric reliability and safety for its customers by regularly pruning trees and [...]
It has a busy few weeks for training at the McPherson BPU! Line crews recently completed annual pole top and bucket truck rescue training. The bucket truck rescue training exercise simulates a situation where a lineman is injured while performing work from the bucket. The linemen going through the training exercise are working to rescue [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently issued regulations requiring all pubic water supply systems to develop a Lead Service Line Inventory of both water system owned and customer's privately owned service lines. Water supply systems (such as the BPU) must conduct a Water Service Line Material Inventory to submit to the State. This includes obtaining [...]
The McPherson BPU Administration Office will be closed on the 22nd and the 25th of December. Wishing all of our customers a Merry and Bright Holiday Season!
In observance of Thanksgiving, the BPU lobby will be closed on Thursday, November 23rd and Friday November 24th. Dropbox is available under the drive up window. We want to wish you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Breaking News: Crews at the McPherson BPU solved the age old debate regarding when it's acceptable to start your Holiday music playlist...
