The municipally owned McPherson Board of Public Utilities has provided safe, clean water and affordable, reliable electric services to the residents and industries of McPherson and the surrounding area for over 56 years. Today, the McPherson BPU services over 9,000 customers with both electrical and water services.
For our customers’ electrical needs, the BPU is a vertically integrated electric utility with ownership and operational responsibilities for transmission, distribution, and generation services. While serving a peak electrical load of 171 megawatts, BPU can also generate more than 235 megawatts of electricity to meet this demand and offer its remaining electrical capacity to its neighboring utility.
BPU offers unbeatable reliability and world-class customer support with a SAIDI Rating (System Average Interruption Duration Index) of 49.11 (>99.99%) through a hardened electric system. All this comes with the lowest electric rates in Kansas and some of the lowest electric rates in the nation.
For our customers’ water needs, the BPU owns and operates 15 water wells and over 150 miles of water main. With local water sources and a newly commissioned water well field located 20 miles south of McPherson, the BPU has long-term water rights and reliable infrastructure to serve the residents and industries of McPherson for many generations to come.
BPU is over 70 employees strong, all committed to serving the BPU and its customers. Our primary focus has always been, and remains, the satisfaction of our customers and a commitment to the quality of life in the communities we serve.