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ZEELAND, MI — Zeeland Board of Public Works (BPW) has been honored with both the Excellence in Reliability Award and the Safety Award of Excellence from the American Public Power Association (APPA). These awards highlight BPW’s commitment to delivering safe, reliable, and high-quality electric service to the Zeeland community.

The Excellence in Reliability Award recognizes public power utilities that consistently outperform national industry averages for system reliability. Zeeland BPW has demonstrated outstanding performance by minimizing outages and ensuring quick response times, reinforcing its mission to provide dependable service to customers.

The Safety Award of Excellence acknowledges utilities that prioritize worker and public safety, implementing industry-leading safety practices to protect employees and the community. The BPW received the Diamond designation, reflecting their proactive approach to training, operational standards, and overall safety culture.

“The Zeeland BPW team works tirelessly to ensure our community has safe, reliable power, and we’re honored to receive these recognitions,” said Andrew Boatright, General Manager of the BPW. “Our goal is to continually improve, keeping the lights on and our crews safe while serving our customers with excellence.”

Zeeland BPW is a proud public power utility, meaning it’s community-owned rather than shareholder-run. 

Nationwide, the average public power customer has their lights out for less than half the amount of time that customers of other types of utilities do.

“Year after year, data consistently demonstrate public power utilities provide highly reliable service.” said APPA Director of Research and Development Paul Zummo. “The utilities recognized here are truly elite when it comes to keeping the lights on. Their communities should be proud of the hard work and dedication of their local power providers as they earn this truly deserved recognition.”

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About Zeeland Board of Public Works:

Zeeland Board of Public Works (Zeeland BPW) is committed to delivering reliable, high-quality water and electric services to the residents and businesses of Zeeland, MI.