Our Mission
"Going above and beyond to improve the communities we serve through excellence."
As a publicly-owned not-for-profit organization, we have a mission of service, not of profit. To that end, we want to help make our corner of the world a better place.
Our mission describes why we exist. But how will we act as we fulfill these priorities? Establishing our core values is a key part of defining who we are and how we will serve our customers.
Together, our staff and board developed 7 core values that will guide our behaviors and actions.
Our Values
Safety
Community Stewardship
Teamwork
Our History
ALP Utilities is Alexandria’s municipal public power utility which serves residents with electric and water utilities. ALP not only provides essential services, it also powers the success of our community. ALP is governed by local friends and neighbors. This keeps decision making closer to where customers live and closer to their best interests. ALP also employs people and gives back to the community in many ways with affordable and dependable service; local control; accountability to customers; quick response times; not-for-profit structure; safety and environmentally conscious practices; and face to face customer service.
A municipal public power utility not only means better reliability at a reasonable cost, it also means decisions about your service are made right in your community. ALP Utilities is a proud public power provider.
ALP does business as the Board of Public Utilities, which was established in 1889.
Strategic Plan
To continue bringing strong value to Alexandria, ALP has engaged in a strategic and intentional conversation with its governing board and staff. This process allowed ALP to assess its strengths and weaknesses and better understand the resources needed to successfully support Alexandria in the years ahead.
This Strategic Plan identifies the major priorities of the utility and will become the basis for its actions and behaviors today and in the future. It describes in more detail our mission and the values by which we will operate in fulfilling that mission.
Strategic Initiatives
Financial Stability & Strength
Community Engagement
Utility Infrastructure
Products & Services
Workforce
A Value-Driven Plan
We believe attention to these five areas will position ALP to deliver value to the community for many years to come.
Today ALP continues to deliver value to Alexandria through the local control of utility services, maintaining high reliability at very competitive rates, while keeping dollars and jobs in the community.
ALP invites you to review this strategic plan and share your thoughts with us about the direction of the utility. You, the customer, are our owners; we are successful only when you are. The partnership formed 133 years ago remains a critical part of how we will succeed in the years ahead.
Power Supply & Reliability
ALP Utilities purchases about 32 percent of its power from Western Area Power Administration (WAPA). WAPA is one of four Federal power marketing administrations. It markets and transmits about 10,500 megawatts of power from 56 hydropower plants.
The other 68 percent is purchased from Missouri River Energy Services (MRES). MRES is a joint action agency of 61 municipal electric utilities in the states of Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota. MRES offers its members an 74% carbon free wholesale power mix that includes hydro, wind, solar, nuclear and fossil generation sources. Additional generation is provided from smaller generating units that are located, owned, operated, and maintained by member utilities.
ALP Utilities uses eReliability Tracker software to track reliability metrics. Development of this software was supported by a grant from APPA’s DEED (Demonstration of Energy and Efficiency Developments) program. This software is designed to provide excellent outage data collection and categorization services with good introductory coverage of the standard IEEE 1366 metrics for public power.
2022 Performance
|
Index |
ALP Utilities |
Regional Average |
National Average |
|
SAIDI (minutes) |
6.94 |
85.01 |
140.45 |
|
CAIDI (minutes) |
60.98 |
91.77 |
93.65 |
|
SAIFI (# of interruptions) |
0.11 |
0.41 |
1.21 |
|
MAIFI (# of interruptions) |
NULL |
0.69 |
0.48 |
*excludes MEs (major event days)
-SAIDI: Average interruption duration (in minutes) for customers served by the utility system during a specific time.
-CAIDI: Average duration (in minutes) of an interruption experienced by customers during a specific period.
-SAIFI: Average number of instances a customer on the utility system will experience an interruption during a specific time.
-MAIFI: Average number of times a customer on the utility system will experience a momentary interruption.