Each October, Lassen Municipal Utility District joins American Public Power Association and over 2,000 publicly owned utilities across the nation to celebrate the role of community-owned power.
“As a publicly owned utility LMUD does not operate for profit,” explains the utility’s Public Relations Manager Theresa Phillips, “in fact, we operate to serve the best interest of our community. That means collaborating with local government, service organizations and public safety providers to ensure safe, reliable and affordable power.”
“Often, our employees are working side by side with fire and law enforcement personnel. This summer, during the Hog Fire and the Sheep Fire, our linecrews worked with emergency responders, USDA Forest Service, Cal-Fire and Bureau of Land Management to make sure power lines were safely de-energized. Later, when fire-damaged trees needed to be removed from our rights-of-way, our operations center collaborated with local foresters to create a plan to remove the hazardous trees.”
Whether it’s working during a wildland fire or responding with the highway patrol to de-energize lines from a car/pole contact, LMUD is on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, keeping our community safe.
“But safety isn’t the only community service we perform, LMUD employees can be found working with city and county employees to hang Christmas lights across Main Street, or the local chapter of Blue Star Moms installing service banners that honor local servicemen and women. Our employees are an integral part of the community we serve – that’s the spirit of public power – something that makes us very proud.”
As a special thank you to the community LMUD will be serving up free coffee and donuts between 6:30 and 10:30 this morning, October 8th, to the first 200 folks who come into the Susanville Supermarket bakery and say “It’s Public Power Week!”
