At Zeeland Board of Public Works (BPW), we are honored to receive both the Excellence in Reliability Award and the Safety Award of Excellence from the American Public Power Association (APPA). These awards highlight our 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. We take pride in minimizing outages and ensuring quick response times, reinforcing our mission to provide dependable service to our customers.
The Safety Award of Excellence acknowledges utilities that prioritize worker and public safety, implementing industry-leading practices to protect both our employees and our community. We received the Diamond designation, reflecting our proactive approach to training, operational standards, and overall safety culture.
“Our 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 Zeeland BPW. “We are committed to continuous improvement—keeping the lights on, our crews safe, and serving our customers with excellence.”
At the BPW, we are a public power utility, meaning we’re 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 well-deserved recognition.”
We are proud to serve Zeeland with power that’s safe, reliable, and community-focused.