River Falls Municipal Utilities Kevin Westhuis – Utility Director.

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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 1 st in the State of Wisconsin for customer participation. Just passed 500 sign ups or 8% of our customers Green Power Sales as a Percentage of Total Retail Electricity Sales (in MWh) (as of December 2014) RankUtilitySales Rate 1Waterloo Utilities23.68% 2City of Wellesley Municipal Light Plant (MA)11.0% 3Edmond Electric10.45% 4Portland General Electric (Green Source)8.96% 5River Falls Municipal Utilities8.14% 6Silicon Valley Power5.31% 7Austin Energy5.20% 8Pacific Power (Blue Sky Usage and Habitat)4.98% 9Sacramento Municipal Utility District4.31% 10City of Palo Alto (CA)3.23%

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 1 st Municipal in the State of Wisconsin along with New Richmond 807 Panels

Water …..Since 1894 River Falls Municipal Utility also serves the city with Waste Water Treatment And Sewer Collections Since