On October 25th, 2024, the BPU brought back its very successful Children's Water Festival after a four-year break. As in the past, the attendees were Central Kansas 4th graders who rely on the Equus Beds Aquifer for clean water and filled several buildings on the McPherson College Campus. This year, 347 students and teachers attended. [...]
In order to honor all those who served our Country, the BPU will be closed Monday, November 11th. The BPU would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for all those who have served in the armed forces!
BPU officially designates today, November 1st, as Power Plant Worker Appreciation Day! It provides the perfect reason to celebrate the 25 hard-working employees across the three departments that operate and maintain the McPherson BPU’s two power plants and eight substations. These dedicated crews ensure the power is there when our customers flip their switches. Their [...]
The BPU Lobby will be closed on Friday, October 25th for maintenance. Please use the drive-thru window.
For Immediate Release: McPherson Board of Public Utilities Breaks Ground on their new Water Treatment Plant August 27th, 2024 Contact: Kasi Morales, BPU Key Accounts/Marketing Manager, 620-245-2521 On August 27th 2024 The McPherson Board of Public Utilities marked the completion of their collection of projects known as the South Well Field Project (SWF) with a [...]
The BPU's South Well Field project is receiving international attention. General Manager Josh Bedel, and Project Manager Chris Unruh were invited along with Engineers from Burns & McDonnell to present in Calgary, Alberta, Canada where they were asked to share with the attendees at the Utility Engineering & Surveying Institute's (UESI) Pipeline conference how McPherson [...]
The BPU Admin office will be closed on Monday, May 27th in honor of Memorial Day. We are so grateful to the servicemen and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice for us all. There is a drop box available in the drive through.
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 [...]
