Category: Board of Public Utilities

Today’s public meetings

KCK school board to meet Sept. 7

The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Education will meet at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7. According to a meeting notice, the special meeting will be held at the law offices of McAnany, Van Cleave and Phillips, 10 E. Cambridge Circle Drive, Suite 300, Kansas City, Kansas. According to the meeting notice, the board will consider taking action on the human resources report and recommendations; review the building needs assessment; recess to a closed executive session for consultation with its attorney on matters that are deemed privileged in the attorney-client relationship; and board development.

BPU to meet Sept. 7

The Board of Public Utilities will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7. On the agenda for the regular meeting are a public comment time; a presentation by Groundwork Northeast Revitalization Group Inc.; general manager and staff reports; July financial report; a customer service quarterly update; miscellaneous comments and board comments.


The public may join the board meetings, and also may access the meetings through the telephone to listen in or through the internet, through Zoom meeting. Board meetings are held at the board offices at 540 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. To hear the meeting through Zoom, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84523139724. To access through the telephone, call toll-free 1-888-475-4499. The meeting ID number is 845 2313 9724.

BPU receives ‘A’ and ‘stable outlook’ ratings from Fitch and S&P

The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities recently was assigned a rating of “A” and “stable outlook” by national rating service companies Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings.

Fitch’s rating included a stand-alone rating-profile for BPU, while simultaneously affirming a joint Unified Government – BPU “A” rating.

The Fitch rating and outlook recognized BPU’s low, stable operating costs, improved margins and the utility’s diversified power mix and use of renewable energy, such as solar, wind, and hydropower, to help offset rising purchased power and fuel costs over time.

S&P also noted the BPU is well positioned from a regulatory standpoint, with nearly 50 percent of energy coming from renewables today, well above the state’s renewable energy standard goal of 20 percent.

A BPU spokesman stated that Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings continue to acknowledge the utility’s ongoing operations and looks forward to meeting all Wyandotte County’s current and future electric and water utility needs, as it has done for more than 100 years.

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BPU to meet Wednesday

The Board of Public Utilities will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7.

On the agenda for the regular meeting are a public comment time; a presentation by Groundwork Northeast Revitalization Group Inc.; general manager and staff reports; July financial report; a customer service quarterly update; miscellaneous comments and board comments.

The public may join the board meetings, and also may access the meetings through the telephone to listen in or through the internet, through Zoom meeting.

Board meetings are held at the board offices at 540 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

To hear the meeting through Zoom, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84523139724.

To access through the telephone, call toll-free 1-888-475-4499.

The meeting ID number is 845 2313 9724.

The board meeting information packet is available online at https://www.bpu.com/Portals/0/pdf/board-information-packet-9-7-22.pdf.


For more information, visit https://www.bpu.com/About/MediaNewsReleases/September7thBPUBoardMeetingNotice.aspx.