Muscatine Power and Water (MP&W) is a customer-driven, municipal utility. We provide electric, water, and communications products and services. We have the largest power generating capacity of any municipal utility in the state of Iowa. We're headquartered in Muscatine, Iowa, a historic town of 22,719 located on the banks of the Mississippi River, 20 miles downstream from the Illinois/Iowa Quad Cities.
At MP&W, we exist to add value to our community and we’re proud of our role. We provide electricity to approximately 11,225* customers, and water to more than 9,500* customers. We own and operate three coal-fired electric generating facilities with a combined nameplate capacity of 293.55 MW.
Our facilities for water production, treatment, and distribution pump an average of 25.5 million gallons of water a day. We serve approximately 7,800* cable subscribers, 6,650 MachLink subscribers, and 17 municipal area network (MAN) customers.
Our state-of-the-art communications services include a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) system that is the backbone for our communications utility. The HFC system is made up of fiber optic loops throughout Muscatine and coaxial cable connections to homes and businesses. Our products include MPW Digital TV, MPW Digital TV On Demand, MPW Digital TV SVOD, MPW Digital TV HD/DVR, MachLink high-speed Internet service (featuring cable modem, dial-up, MachLink Wifi@Home, and wireless access), and MAN services.
* As of June 1, 2010
Water Utility
Annual water production – 9.3 billion gallons in 2009
Average residential water rate as of December 31, 2009 - $2.8078/1,000 gallons
All-time peak production – 38.5 million gallons on August 15, 2003
Electric Utility
Unit 7 generator capacity – 25 MW
Unit 8 generator capacity – 75 MW
Unit 8A generator capacity – 18.05 MW
Unit 9 generator capacity – 175.50 MW
Total nameplate generator nameplate capacity – 293.55 MW
Previous year's peak load (6/23/2009) – 139 MW
All-time peak load (7/29/1999) – 149.90 MW
Average residential electric rate for the year ending 12/31/09 - $0.0727/kWh
Communications
Digital TV
Number of basic channels – 82 (32 Channels + 50 Galaxie Musci Channels)
Number of Select channels – 210
Number of Preferred channels – 256
Number of MPW Digital TV HD channels – up to 70
Number of MPW Digital TV HD Plus channels – 3
Number of Premium channels – up to 64
Number of Galaxie Music® music channels –50
Pay-Per-View event channels – 1
Video On Demand channels – 1
Internet Access
Products – Digital Cable Modem, WiFi@Home Networking, email, personal web space
Professional Affiliations
American Public Power Association (APPA)
Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities (IAMU)
American Water Works Association (AWWA)
Paul Burback
Energy Services Specialist
Phone: (563) 263-2631
pburback@mpw.org
Make a Difference with Green Muscatine
By participating in MP&W’s Green Muscatine program, you continue to get the reliable energy you need while doing something positive with renewable energy for our community’s environment.
