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September 17, 2008
Nebraska Municipal Power Pool Joins Hometown Connections Marketing Team
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Tim Blodgett
Hometown Connections
303-526-4515
tblodgett@hometownconnections.com
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Tim Sutherland
NMPP Energy
402-474-4759
tsutherland@nmppenergy.org
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NMPP To Promote Hometown Connections Portfolio
EVERGREEN, Colo.— The public power communities in Colorado, Iowa, Wyoming, and Nebraska will be learning more about advances in smart grid solutions, energy efficiency services, and strategic planning through a new partnership between the Nebraska Municipal Power Pool (NMPP) and Hometown Connections, a utilities service subsidiary of the American Public Power Association (APPA).
Through this marketing partnership, NMPP will host local events and publish advertising, articles, and other materials showcasing the portfolio of Hometown Connections products and services, which include supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, intelligent grid management over power lines, and smart grid software. Hometown Connections also offers online energy audits & information, customer & employee research, property & casualty insurance, and consulting in the areas of broadband smart grid communications and business strategy development. Hometown Connections supports APPA members by securing national group pricing and service arrangements from the leading industry suppliers of the products and services it offers.
The Nebraska Municipal Power Pool is the service organization of NMPP Energy. It provides services to nearly 200 member municipalities across the Midwest and Rocky Mountain states in a variety of energy and management areas.
“NMPP is dedicated to preserving for public power communities the benefits of local control and reliable, low-cost energy services,” said Gary Stauffer, Executive Director, NMPP Energy. “This new marketing alliance with Hometown Connections will better enable NMPP members to purchase the products and services they need to upgrade their utility operations infrastructure and promote energy efficiency.”
Tim Blodgett, Hometown Connections President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “NMPP offers high quality energy and utility services that address the distribution, operations, and load management requirements of their member utilities. Hometown Connections is very pleased to help expand the NMPP portfolio to include smart grid planning and technology solutions designed to meet the unique needs of public power systems and their customers.”
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About Hometown Connections International, LLC, Evergreen, CO
Hometown Connections is a utility services subsidiary of the American Public Power Association (APPA). APPA is the national service organization for the nation's more than 2,000 community- and state-owned electric utilities serving 45 million customers. Hometown Connections supports APPA members by securing national group pricing and service arrangements from leading industry suppliers. At present, 19 public power entities across the U.S. support Hometown Connections within a local sales and marketing network. Along with NMPP, this network consists of Alabama Municipal Electric Authority, American Municipal Power-Ohio, Crawfordsville, Ind., Electric Light & Power, ElectriCities of North Carolina, Energy Northwest, Florida Municipal Electric Association, Illinois Municipal Utilities Association, Indiana Municipal Electric Association, Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co., MEAG Power, Missouri Public Utility Alliance, Municipal Electric Systems of Oklahoma, Northeast Public Power Association, Piedmont Municipal Power Agency, Tennessee Municipal Electric Power Association, Texas Public Power Association, Walter McGrath (Northeast) and Bill Moss (Arkansas, Tennessee).
See these web sites for more information.
• Hometown Connections
• NMPP Energy
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