City Utilities

The Board of Public Utilities approved proposed rate schedules Thursday. Rate increases must be approved by Springfield City Council.

The system is expected to power around 5,000 homes, according to CU, and is one of two that will be operational this year.

The work will clean up soil contaminated more than 100 years ago.

Renew Missouri received funding from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks for the new program.

CU's customer service manager says they want people to call them if they're having financial problems.

City Utilities is building the structures as part of an effort to expand power generation.

The board met for their regular meeting Thursday. During their finance report they heard about financial losses from storms this past April and June and about hotter than average temperatures in July.

The publicly-owned utility system also bumped up its estimate of the number of customers who faced a power outage due to the storm, from 50,000 to 62,000.

Severe winds and dry weather have impacted the region for the last week. They continue to cause trouble in the Ozarks today.

City Utilities of Springfield will have crews on standby 24/7.