AMI Water Meter Project Update: November 15th, 2022
Water crews will be moving to a new section of town beginning tomorrow. Work is projected to wrap up in this area by the end of the month.
AMI Water Meter Project Update: November 8th, 2022
Water crew is moving on to their next location. The outlined area will be the target area until November 22nd. We appreciate your patience as we work through these upgrades.
McPherson BPU Administrative Offices Closed November 11th, 2022
The McPherson BPU will be closed in observance of Veteran's Day, November 11th 2022. Dropbox will still be accessible under the drive-thru window. Thank you to all of those who served or are still serving our Country!
National Power Plant Worker Appreciation Day
Today is National Power Plant Worker Appreciation Day! So, today we celebrate the 25 hard-working employees across the three departments that operate and maintain the McPherson BPU’s 2 Power Plants and 8 substations. These dedicated crews ensure the power is there when our customers flip their switches. Their presence never waivers in the workplace; 24/7 [...]
Employee Spotlight: Jim Wenderott
The McPherson Board of Public Utilities delivers some of the lowest-cost and most reliable power and water in the State. However, we wouldn't be able to do what we do as well as we do without our people. For this reason, we want to showcase those people who significantly impact our business and community with [...]
AMI Water Meter Project Update: October 27th, 2022
The AMI deployment team will be moving to the above outlined area starting later this afternoon (10/27) until 11/9. We appreciate your continued patience as we make these upgrades.
2022 Service Awards
Today the BPU honored twelve of its employees for their years of dedicated service! General Manager Josh Bedel presented service awards to employees across six departments. Office: (Customer Service, IT, and Engineering) Samantha Archer- celebrates five years of service, and Lee Burgess and Chris Unruh celebrate 20 years of service. The Power Plant Operations: Jeff [...]
Employee Spotlight: Robin Elsasser
The McPherson Board of Public Utilities delivers some of the lowest-cost and most reliable power and water in the State. However, we wouldn’t be able to do what we do as well as we do it without our people. For this reason want to showcase those people who make a great impact to our business [...]
AMI Water Meter Upgrade Project Update, September 29, 2022
September 29th, 2022 It was announced this morning that Crews will be moving to the Barnstormers addition area tomorrow 9/29 for the AMI exchange project. September 27th, 2022 BPU's Superintendent of Water Distribution, Jake Karl, announced that AMI installers are moving to the Deerfield are today.
General Manager, Tim Maier Retires after 38 Years of Service
On Friday, September 16th, 2022, BPU General Manager retired after 38 years of service to the BPU and the McPherson Community. To honor him for his service, a banquet was held in his honor where over 125 people showed up to thank him and wish him well. Tim expressed multiple times how fortunate he had [...]