Public Power Parade in Madison marking 95th anniversary

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- On Wednesday October 18, the Municipal Electric Utilities of Wisconsin (MEUW) held a “Public Power Parade” at the State Capitol where 80+ utility company trucks from across the state met to celebrate the MEUW’s 95th anniversary.

“We’ve been planning [the] Public Power on Parade and lobby day for more than a year,” said MEUW President and CEO Tim Heinrich. “Ninety-five years is a long time to successfully serve the 81 community-owned public power companies that mean so much to hundreds of thousands of people and businesses across Wisconsin.”

Before the parade, representatives from the MEUW met with 108 state legislators to convene about the utilities that support the power to more than 330,000 people in the state of Wisconsin.  

“Those options [public utility] are great for our community so that you have local sources of power in the community responding in real time to the needs of that community...so it's great that we have options like that around the state.” shared Jenna Jacobson, a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. 

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