Continuing a long tradition of high-quality service, Longmont Power & Communications has received its eighth consecutive Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3) award from the American Public Power Association.  

The award recognizes public utilities that excel in reliability, safety, workforce development and system improvements. LPC has earned either a Platinum or a Diamond rating – the top two categories – since 2006, when it became the first electric utility in Colorado to receive the award. LPC received a Platinum rating this year. 

“Our customers expect the best from us, and for over 100 years we’ve worked hard to provide just that, supplying the power that our residents and businesses use to build a better Longmont,” said Darrell Hahn, LPC’s acting executive director. “We’re honored to have those efforts recognized by the APPA and proud to serve this growing and vibrant community.”  

The award is currently presented every three years.  

The honor comes not long after LPC received national recognition for its reliability, with Longmont electric customers enjoying fewer and shorter outages than the vast majority of U.S. utilities.  A typical LPC customer goes more than two years without seeing a power outage; those who did experience one typically saw the power come back on in less than an hour.  

The American Public Power Association represents more than 2,000 not-for-profit community-owned electric utilities that power 49 million people nationwide. Of those, 271 utilities hold an RP3 designation, including 98 with a Platinum rating.