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Western customers
plan for 2005 Public
Power Week
There
are as many different
ways to celebrate Public
Power Week as there
are utilities. The
following are some
of the activities that
Western customers have
planned for the week
of October 2 through
8.
- The Arizona
Municipal Power
Users’ Association annually
passes a resolution
recognizing the
event and asks
the governor to
proclaim the first
week in October
Public Power Week
in Arizona. The
association plans
a photo opportunity
with the governor
at the proclamation
signing.
- The city of Auburn,
Neb. is having its annual
Public Power open
house and employee
recognition on Oct.
5 at the Board of
Public Works Main
Office.
- Burbank
Water and Power will donate books
to the city’s
public libraries
on electricity and
renewable energy.
- For the past five
years, Los
Angeles Department
of Water and Power has set up booths
at three shopping
malls to meet with
customers, provide
safety demonstrations
and hand out program
and service information.
Branch office customer
service departments
offer promotional
items including pens
and notepads.
- NMPP
Energy
provides its member
utilities with materials
to promote Public
Power Week in their
own communities such
as boilerplate press
releases, ad slicks
and letters to the
editor.
- The city council
of Sioux Center,
Iowa, will pass
a resolution to observe
Public Power Week,
and Sioux
Center Municipal
Utilities
plans to run ads
in local papers announcing
the observance.
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Vol.
24, No. 5
October 2005
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