River Falls Municipal Utilities
Kevin Westhuis – Utility Director
RFMU Established in 1900
We serve about 6,500 electric customers
5 lineman
Member of WPPI Energy Since 1980 (one of 51
members)
Approximately $14,000,000 in gross sales
….and contribute about $400,000 / year to the Cities
General Fund in the form of Payment in Lieu of Taxes
The River Falls community is in the Top
10 in the Country for the purchase of
renewable energy blocks
Green Power Sales as a Percentage of Total Retail Electricity Sales (in MWh)
(as of December 2014)
Rank
Utility
Sales Rate
1
Waterloo Utilities
23.68%
2
City of Wellesley Municipal Light Plant (MA)
11.0%
3
Edmond Electric
10.45%
4
Portland General Electric (Green Source)
8.96%
5
River Falls Municipal Utilities
8.14%
6
Silicon Valley Power
5.31%
7
Austin Energy
5.20%
8
Pacific Power (Blue Sky Usage and Habitat)
4.98%
9
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
4.31%
10
City of Palo Alto (CA)
3.23%
1st in the State of Wisconsin for customer participation.
Just passed 500 sign ups or 8% of our customers
We have 2 hydros on the Kinnikinnick River that produce enough
electricity for about 170 homes per year
~1.6 million kWh / year
Just recently installed 250kW Community Solar Garden
1st Municipal in the State of Wisconsin along with New Richmond
807 Panels
River Falls Municipal Utility also serves
the city with
Water
…..Since 1894
Waste Water Treatment
And Sewer Collections
Since - 1930