McPherson, Kansas – May 5, 2025 — McPherson Board of Public Utilities has received national recognition for achieving exceptional electric reliability in 2024 for performance in 2019-2023. 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 outage and restoration data through its subscription-based eReliability Tracker service. Once per year, APPA’s Reliability Team compares this data to national statistics tracked by the U.S. Energy Information Administration for all types of electric utilities.
“Year after year, data consistently demonstrate public power utilities provide highly reliable service.” said APPA Director of Research and Development Paul Zummo. “The utilities recognized here are truly elite when it comes to keeping the lights on. Their communities should be proud of the hard work and dedication of their local power providers as they earn this truly deserved recognition.”
Nationwide, the average public power customer has their lights out for less than half the amount of time that customers of other types of utilities do.
“This recognition is a testament to the hard work of all our staff to ensure that customers have reliable power,” said Josh Bedel General Manager at the McPherson Board of Public Utilities.
For more information on the McPherson Board of Public Utilities and its commitment to reliability, visit mcphersonpower.com.