The Holland Board of Public Works generates, transmits and distributes electricity to over 27,000 customers in the city of Holland, as well as portions of Holland, Park, Laketown, and Fillmore townships.

With over 200 megawatt system capacity, the Holland Board of Public Works uses coal, oil, natural gas, and renewable sources to generate electricity and also purchases power on the open market.

The Holland Board of Public Works is a municipally owned entity, and as such is not typically bound by the rules of the Michigan Public Service Commission.

Fast Facts

· 138 kV Transmission loop covers 24 miles

· Electric distribution lines cover over 600 circuit miles

· Eight high voltage sub-stations

· 226 Megawatts (MW) of internal generation:  three coal-fired turbines and four combustion turbines, of which one is fired on oil, two on either oil or gas, and one on gas only

· Ownership in Consumers Energy’s J.H. Campbell Complex and Detroit Edison’s Belle River Plant

· Electric service area includes all of the city of Holland, and stretches from Holland Township in the north and east, to parts of Fillmore and Laketown Township on the south, and portions of Park Township on the west