Garden City, Kansas, recently purchased transmission and distribution facilities from a rural electric cooperative, marking the final major step that the city has taken as part of revamping the city’s electric system.
Garden City’s public power utility was established in 1914 and currently serves 11,500 meters. The utility has a Platinum Reliable Public Power Provider rating from the American Public Power Association.
Before January 2014, Garden City was a full-requirement customer of the local electric cooperative for power supply and had been for over 30 years.
However, on January 1, 2014, Garden City began receiving all of its power supply needs from the Kansas Municipal Energy Agency (KMEA)
