Municipal Utilities
Wind Powering America's Public Power Web Page
The Wind Powering America program has a web page of resources for public power authorities.
Municipal Utility ("Muni")
A utility owned by a city to supply utility services to residents in that city. Generally, surpluses in revenues or over-expenditures are contributed to the city budget.
Worthington, MN: Community Wind Project
Missouri River Energy Services put up four turbines near Worthington, MN.
Read more about the RiverWinds project in Worthington, MN by clicking here.
Waverly, IA: Waverly Light and Power Community Wind Project
Midwest Municipal Utility is a Wind Power Pioneer
Moorhead, MN: Community Wind Project
Moorhead Public Service in Moorhead, MN has put up two utility-scale turbines, named Zephyr and Freedom.
Read more about the Capture the Wind project on the Moorhead Public Service web site.
Hull, MA: Community Wind Project
Hull, Massachusetts has two utility-scale turbines. The second was installed largely because the first one was so successful.
Read more about the Hull turbines on the Hull Wind web site.
Traverse City, MI: Community Wind Project
Traverse City, Michigan was the first municipal utility in the state to install a utility scale turbine in 1996.
Algona, IA: Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project
There are three turbines in Algona, Iowa owned by a consortium of municipal utilities.
Read about this community wind project in an AWEA news release and on the Algona Municipal Utilities web site.
Lamar, CO: Community Wind Project
The City of Lamar Light and Power in Lamar, Colorado partnered with a large wind developer to put together their community wind project.
Community Wind Listserv
Join this group to keep up to date on community wind energy news, policy, projects, and events. Hosted by Windustry, a non-profit organization working to create an understanding of wind energy opportunities.
