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Sun Prairie Utilities, a municipal not-for-profit, locally owned municipal electric and water utility was founded in 1910. SPU is a member of Wisconsin Public Power, Inc (WPPI), from whom it purchases electricity. Natural gas is supplied to the city by WE-Energies, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The Sun Prairie Water Tower was built in 1899 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. [2] It was added to the State Register of Historic Places in 1999 and to the National Register of Historic Places the following year. [3] The first non-native settlers arrived in Sun Prairie in 1839. In 1840 the road to Madison passed nearby.
1896 The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company was formed as a subsidiary of the North American Company to provide interurban rail service in a 12,000-square-mile (31,000 km 2) area of southeastern Wisconsin. In time, the company began selling electricity not needed to power the interurban trains to individuals and businesses.
Wisconsin electricity generation by type. This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, sorted by type and name.In 2019, Wisconsin had a total summer capacity of 15,312 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 66,774 GWh. [2]
MDU Resources got its start in 1924 as the Minnesota Northern Power Company. Its founder, Rolland Heskett, had previously been involved with utilities in Wisconsin and northeast Minnesota (the forerunners of Wisconsin Public Service Corporation and Minnesota Power (& Light Co.), respectively).
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On June 9, the group emerged at the edge of the prairie and with the sun shining for the first time in days, carved the words "Sun Prairie" into a tree. Charles Bird returned to the area two years later and became the first settler. [4] [5] The town of Sun Prairie was created on February 2, 1846. [6]
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