Info on Electric Services
For Commercial Customers
Info on Electric Service
Owatonna Utilities purchases all of its electric energy requirements from the Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA), a joint action agency consisting of 18 Minnesota cities, including Owatonna. SMMPA owns a 41 percent share in the 875-megawatt Sherco 3 power plant, the largest coal-fired generating station in Minnesota, in partnership with Northern States Power. This 1987 power plant, located northwest of Minneapolis, burns low-sulfur western coal. SMMPA also has under contract a number of generating units located in member communities to provide additional power supply and back-up capabilities. Two 161,000-volt and three 69,000-volt transmission lines serve the community, providing excellent reliability and capacity for growth.
Power Outage Concerns and Helpful Hints
- Check your own fuses and circuit breakers.
- Loud bangs are caused by blown fuses; quite often caused by squirrels shorting the wire.
- Check with your neighbors to see if their power is off; have they reported it?
- If the trouble is not with your wiring and if the outage may not have been reported
- Call 451-1616 after: 5 p.m.
- Call 451-1616 or 451-2480 during business hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Service Interruption Notification
Commercial customers can be placed on our Fax contact file and notified of system disturbances and causes. Just call 451-2480 and ask to be added to the service outage fax list.
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Owatonna Public Utilities
P.O. Box 800 Owatonna, MN 55060-0800 |
Phone: 1-507-451-2480
Fax: 1-507-451-4940 |
