Article: RPU to test new joints on leaky steam line.

Article: RPU board member takes management position.
Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN);  April 25, 2007 ;     566 words ... ... more than three years, she's been looking out at RPU's staff from the rectangular board table. On ... managers, watching four board members deliberate about RPU issues without her. Parker, an RPU board member since December 2003, recently was ...

Article: Leaks found in Mayo-RPU steam line.
Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN);  May 31, 2006 ;     573 words ... ... 625 pounds per square inch of pressure. RPU has found steam escaping at junction points ... There was never any danger to the public," RPU spokesman Tony Benson said today. The city ... high-pressure system built last year. RPU crews saw some steam coming from vaults ...

Article: RPU rates expected to go up.
Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN);  December 9, 2006 ;     660 words ... ... final decision at its Dec. 18 meeting. But RPU's wish list already is known. Here ... Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA)," RPU spokesman Tony Benson said in an e-mailed ... generates almost all of the power used by RPU, is raising the price of its electricity ...

Article: United States: RPU looks to sun for future power.
TendersInfo;  August 26, 2009 ;     584 words ... ... Schlink, director of power resources for RPU. "It does fit us better than wind. Solar ... costs of energy are lower." In June 2005, RPU staff and a consulting firm developed a ... that based on current load projections, RPU does not have to add short-term resources ...

Article: RPU proposes increases in electric, water rates.
Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN);  November 29, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... 1, if they clear a second look by the RPU board and a final decision by the city council ... power rate surge is directly related to RPU's cost of obtaining electricity from its ... Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, RPU spokesman Tony Benson said. The city ...

Article: RPU wins award for innovation, research.
Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN);  April 21, 2007 ;     638 words ... ... award for energy innovation and research. RPU was named the 2007 winner of the Award for ... Energy-Efficient Developments program. RPU was a charter member of the program when ... and community-owned power systems. RPU is owned by the city of Rochester and distributes ...

Article: RPU rate increase likely.
Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN);  February 1, 2006 ;     659 words ... ... Public Utilities this spring, and even an RPU board member is bristling about it. The ... worse. SMMPA actually is raising rates for RPU and 17 other member utilities by 16.9 ... executive officer Ray Hayward on Tuesday told RPU board members that tens of millions of dollars ...