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CONNECTION Our mission: to focus on the needs of our

customers, to improve the quality of life in
our community while promoting safe,

reliable and sustainable utilities.
Serving the Water and Electric Needs of Kansas City, Kansas FALL 2023
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Energy Savings & Safety

Tips to Prepare for Winter

With Fall bringing milder temperatures, now is the time to tackle weatherization
and energy-efficiency improvements in your home or business in preparation for
colder weather. The transition period between the cooling and heating seasons
provides an opportunity to assess and undertake ways to reduce one’s energy
consumption, ensure a safe home environment, and identify other ways to save.
From sealing cracks and gaps around windows and doors, servicing a heating
system, or testing smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors, there are
numerous things homeowners can do this time of the year.

For more tips and information, see pages 4-5.

DID YOU Committed to Sustainability
KNOW? and the Community

Nearly half of all energy As a not-for-profit public electric and water utility, BPU’s goal is to not only provide
costs come from HVAC safe, reliable, and affordable services to its customers – but to also make a positive
systems. Replacing your impact on the environment and quality of life in the community. This includes
furnace filter regularly award-winning Social Responsibility efforts and a Sustainability Plan that focus on
can reduce annual energy Performance, the Environment, and Quality of Life, among other things.
costs by 5-15%.

*Dept. of Energy In 2005, renewable “green energy” from wind, solar, and hydro-
power comprised less than 4.5% of BPU’s generation portfolio.
Today, 48% of BPU’s energy now
comes from renewable energy!

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