About Us
The Zeeland Board of Public Works (ZBPW) is a municipally owned water and electric utility serving the City of Zeeland and its surrounding community. The electric utility operates 36,000 kilowatts of natural gas fired generation capacity located in or near Zeeland, owns entitlement shares of an additional 11,580 kilowatts of coal fired capacity from the DTE Energy Belle River Plant located near St. Clair, Michigan, owns an entitlement share of 7,060 kilowatts of natural gas fired capacity from the AMP Fremont Energy Center in Fremont, Ohio, owns an entitlement share of 2,281 kilowatts of a wind energy facility in Gratiot County, MI, and purchases power through the Michigan Public Power Agency (MPPA). The water utility purchases its water at wholesale from the City of Holland and operates its own distribution system.