The Wind Powering America program has a web page of resources for public power authorities.

Click here to go to the site.

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.

Missouri River Energy Services put up four turbines near Worthington, MN. 

Read more about the RiverWinds project in Worthington, MN by clicking here.

Midwest Municipal Utility is a Wind Power Pioneer

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, 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, Michigan was the first municipal utility in the state to install a utility scale turbine in 1996.

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.

The City of Lamar Light and Power in Lamar, Colorado partnered with a large wind developer to put together their community wind project.

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