WPPI Energy to Hold Open House, HQ Anticipated to be Sun Prairie's First LEED Certified Building (Press Release)

Open House at WPPI Energy's Office and Operations Facility
Anticipated to be Sun Prairie's First LEED Gold Building

SUN PRAIRIE, WIS., May 20 - WPPI Energy and its 51 customer-owned member utilities invite you to view WPPI Energy's sustainably remodeled and expanded office and operations facility today.

WHAT: Open House Celebration
Tour of Green Building Features
Hors d'Oeuvres
Refreshments

WHEN: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Open House from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Program at 4 p.m.

WHERE: WPPI Energy
1425 Corporate Center Drive
Sun Prairie, WI 53590

SPEAKERS: Michael L. Morgan - Secretary, Wis. Dept. of Administration
Judy Ziewacz - Executive Director, Wis. Office of Energy Independence
Roy Thilly - President & CEO, WPPI Energy


WPPI Energy's facility was designed and built to achieve U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold-level certification. The $7.3M project is anticipated to be Sun Prairie's first LEED "Gold" certified building, demonstrating the commitment of WPPI Energy's members to lead by example in the areas of energy efficiency and conservation.

Media are encouraged to attend. For questions or to arrange an interview, please contact Anne Rodriguez, (608) 834.4569.

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WPPI Energy is a regional power company serving 51 customer-owned electric utilities. Through WPPI Energy, these public power utilities share resources and own generation facilities to provide reliable, affordable electricity to more than 195,000 homes and businesses in Wisconsin, Upper Michigan and Iowa. Visit http://www.wppienergy.org/

Executive Q&A: Alice Hensen, president of the Bank of Sun Prairie (Wisconsin State Journal)

Alice Hensen was looking for a job close to home, a job that would let her spend time with her young son, when she left a clerical position at Madison's Rayovac Corp. in 1966 and started working at the Bank of Sun Prairie.

Forty years later, in 2006, Hensen became president of the bank. She is the only woman heading a bank in Dane County and one of the few ever to do so in the state.

Chartered in 1903, the Bank of Sun Prairie has 66 employees and four offices: three in Sun Prairie and one in Cottage Grove. It ended 2009 with $348.4 million in assets and net income of $1.2 million.

Hensen, 64, is a native of Cottage Grove, graduate of Monona Grove High School, the mother of two and grandmother of three. At the Bank of Sun Prairie, she worked her way up, learning on the job and through industry training courses. Little did she know she would have to guide the bank through some of the most trying times in its more than 100-year history.

Click here to read the full interview at madison.com.

Sun Prairie Utilities Celebrates 100 Years of Electric and Water Services (Press Release)

100 Years...and Counting!

This year, 2010, Sun Prairie Utilities celebrates the 100th year of providing electric and water services to the residents of Sun Prairie. Through the balance of this year, SPU will be posting items of nostalgia or historical note about the utility, and announcements of celebration and special events as they are planned to share this milestone with our customers.

Sun Prairie Utilities is proud of the service record of our first one hundred years, and look forward to the challenges and expectations of working into our second centennial. We are a public power provider with a mission to provide low-cost electric and water service while maintaining a high standard of service with public and employee safety a priority.

City of Sun Prairie Conducting Manufacturing R&D Survey for Wind Industry Prospect

The City of Sun Prairie is coordinating a research effort for a wind industry prospect about the local supply chain and appropriate engineering/R&D support in the THRIVE (Madison) region, the Milwaukee 7 region, and the New North region (Fox Valley).

This prospect is actively seeking to identify companies with skills and support capabilities in the area of Power Electronics, Electromagnetics (Machine Design), and Reliability & Thermal Analysis.

The following companies have responded to the City's survey:

Research Products Corporation (RPC Tech. Services) - Madison, WI
Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc. - Mayville, WI
Cooper Power Systems - Pewaukee, WI
Synchrotek, Inc. - Green Bay, WI
R&M Mfg, Inc. - Milton, WI
American Superconductor - Middleton, WI
Design Concepts - Madison, WI
Energy Maintenance Service - Gary, SD (Madison area staff)
DRS Power & Control Technologies, Inc. - Milwaukee, WI
URS Corporation - Milwaukee (SOQ, no survey)
Renewegy - Oshkosh, WI
Bjorksten Research Laboratory/BIT 7 - Madison, WI (Pending)
Ingeteam - Milwaukee (Pending)
Vestas - Madison (Pending)
ABB Inc. - New Berlin, WI

Survey responses from this prospect information has been forwarded to the prospect. The City is leaving the survey deadline open at this time to allow for other potentially interested companies to participate.

Any companies within these regions with skills and services in the areas mentioned above should contact Neil Stechschulte at nstechschulte[at]cityofsunprairie.com or (608) 825-0894.

Video of Clean Energy Jobs Act Panel at Cannery Grill Available From the Star

Special thanks to our presenters: Roy Thilly (WPPI Energy), Secretary Matt Frank (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources), and Chairman Eric Callisto (Wisconsin Public Service Commission).

Click here to watch video of the Clean Energy Jobs Act Panel on March 31st, provided by the Sun Prairie Star' Facebook Fan Page.

Continental Mapping Awarded Corps IDIQ (Press Release)

Continental Mapping is pleased to announce that the Tulsa District of the US Army Corps of Engineers has awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) surveying and mapping services contract to a team led by Continental Mapping. The 5-year contract has a limit of $6 million and will focus on photogrammetric and land survey projects, with an emphasis on dam safety studies.

Projects will be located in the four states the District and the Corps’ Southwest Division cover: Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Click here to read the full press release from Continental Mapping.

Faith Technologies Wins National Safety Award (Press Release)

Faith Technologies proudly accepted the Construction Safety Excellence Grand Award from Associated General Contractors of America on behalf of the nearly 1,500 employees that made winning this award possible. The CSEA Grand Award is widely recognized as the premiere safety award within the construction industry.

The full service electrical and specialty systems contractor was chosen from 22 CSEA first place winners as the best of the best in construction safety excellence. Faith Technologies also won first place in its CSEA category for Specialty Contractors with over one million work hours without a lost time incident.

Faith Technologies (Town and Country Electric) offers a range of services including industrial, commercial, residential, specialty systems, instrumentation & controls and design services from their location in the Sun Prairie Business Park. They also provide renewable energy solutions and elite service plans (ESP) from Sun Prairie. Faith Technologies has 15 offices in five states.

Click here to read the full press release from Faith Technologies.