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IMDML FAs,, Position Statement Why Public Power? ,, i ,;, V 4q, ,..„ 4.4 -''' .1 111:L ,i ,^, -..- te. \4 i 4 b \ . ,,- \ 1 iA i , photo courtesy of the Owatonna People's Press One hundred twenty-five Minnesota cities benefit from • We're owned by our customers.There is no tension having a locally owned and locally operated municipal between the interests of customers and the interests of electric utility. Thirty-one cities have a municipal stockholders. Our focus is Main Street, not Wall Street. natural gas system. Fifty of our eighty-seven county We work for you. seats are served by a municipal electric or gas system. A not-for-profit municipal electric or gas utility is a • We're not in it for the money.Municipal utilities tremendous asset in these uncertain times. Here are are not-for-profit and operated in the public interest. some of the reasons why: Our goal is long-term community benefit, not short-term gain. We work hard to save you money. • We have great service.We're part of the community and our policy makers, managers and workers are part • We're the yardstick for the industry. For of the community. Our crews are always on hand in generations, public power systems have set standards the event of emergency.You don't need to call an 800 for rates and service that other utilities have had to number to talk to us. meet. • We're locally regulated.Members of the community • We'll be there.Most Minnesota's municipal electric who live in the community set rates and service utilities have served their communities for more than practices. If you have a problem,you know who to talk a hundred years. In an era when new competitors come to. and go faster than we can learn their names, you can count on us. We will be there when you need us. • We're Public Power. We're here for you! 2015 Federal Position Statements/10