News & Updates

McPherson Avoids Blackouts During February 2021’s Extreme Weather Event

The extreme weather event we experienced last week is all compliments of the polar vortex, a term that is now well-known after last week.  The extreme cold affected nearly every state; in fact, most states experienced below-freezing temperatures at some point during the event. The frigid weather was a shock to the system for many, [...]

February 24th, 2021|News & Updates|

Water Main Replacement Plan Continues

BPU's Water Department will continue with its multi-year Main Street water main replacement program that we started last year (read that announcement here). Our next area of focus will be on the east side of the 200 and 300 blocks of north Main Street (between Marlin and the railroad tracks), requiring portions of Main Street [...]

February 24th, 2021|News & Updates|

Public Utilities Fortnightly Interview with BPU GM, Tim Maier

Business Leaders Discuss Renewable and Carbon Strategies What do a Zoo, a Life Sciences company and a City have in common? A need for renewable energy. In this episode of Video Roundtables Fortnightly, we talk to: Andy Savastino, Chief Environmental Officer, City of Kansas City, MO, Nathan Kimmerle; Site Director, Bayer Corp, Jeff Ettling, CEO, [...]

January 20th, 2021|News & Updates|

Water project moves forward for McPherson

On December 21, the City of McPherson officially approved the bonds to help finance the BPU’s development of the South Well-field. Review the project details from the December 2019 press release here. Although the BPU had originally planned to wait until 2022 to finance the project, it was ultimately decided to proceed this year to [...]

December 22nd, 2020|News & Updates|

Soldier Creek Wind Farm Now Live!

It was announced today by Evergy that their 300-megawatt wind-farm , consisting of 121 GE turbines, in north-central Kansas is now in operation.  Read the release here. This announcement is excellent news for BPU customers as it means now they can claim that over 40% of their energy comes from a renewable source. In September [...]

November 16th, 2020|News & Updates|

Meter System Upgrade-October 5th, Update

BPU Crews are predicting that they will begin meter exchanges in a new section later this week.  Calls for customers affected by this work will go out tonight  (October 5th). This notice gives customers some time to make necessary arrangements to have their pets restrained and their gates unlocked from 7 AM to 4 PM. [...]

October 5th, 2020|News & Updates|

Pole Inspection Project

The McPherson Board of Public Utilities will be undergoing a pole inspection project in several areas around McPherson beginning on Monday, September 28th.  Resource Asset Management Services (RAMS) from Independence, Kansas has been hired to perform the inspections. The BPU expects this project to last about a month. We understand that this may be an [...]

September 23rd, 2020|News & Updates|
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