Twice each year, in the spring and in the fall, cable companies, like BMU,experience a phenomenon known as “sun outages.” Basically a sun outage occurs when a satellite from which we receive TV programming becomes directly in line with the Sun, and interference from the Sun’s electromagnetic rays create reception issues for the satellite signals. [...]

While temperatures have been above normal so far, the forecast calls for temperatures cold enough to freeze unprotected water lines. The Bryan Water Department would like to encourage residents to take the following precautions: Protect exposed pipes from cold air drafts by closing and sealing windows and any exposed openings in basements or crawlspaces. Provide [...]

Bryan Municipal Utilities, the Ohio Gas Company, the Bryan Area Chamber of Commerce and the Williams County Economic Development Corporation (WEDCO), will host a 2018 Energy Update session on November 9 for local business and industrial customers. “Many local organizations are preparing their 2018 budgets. Utilities are often significant parts of these budgets,” said BMU [...]

(L-R) Jim Salsbury, Al Horn , Bryan Mayor - Doug Johnson The Ohio Municipal Electric Association (OMEA) recently held its annual General Membership Meeting in Columbus, Ohio. During this meeting, OMEA members approved 10 new honorary members, three of whom were longtime City of Bryan municipal power advocates. Bryan Mayor Douglas “Doug” Johnson [...]

The first phase of a multiyear Bryan Municipal Utilities (BMU) electric rate plan is scheduled to take effect beginning with bills issued next week. For most local consumers, the plan will result in decreased electric bills. On August 15, the Bryan Board of Public Affairs approved the first step of a proposed three-year electric rate [...]

Working with Ohio Municipal Electric Association representatives, Bryan Municipal Utilities was successful in its efforts to include language in the recently adopted state budget bill that will help reduce local power supply costs.  Since 1996, Bryan Municipal Utilities has owned and operated the Auglaize Hydroelectric Plant, a 4,300-kilowatt hydroelectric generating station on the Auglaize River [...]

Link to a copy of the 2016 Water Report by Clicking Here

Link to a copy of the 2016 Annual Report by Clicking Here

Bryan Municipal Utilities would like to welcome Kevin M. Maynard as the Director of Utilities.  Kevin is a 1979 graduate of Stryker High School, and graduated with honors in 1981 from Northwest State Community College, Archbold, with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Electromechanical Engineering. He graduated magna cum laude from The Defiance College [...]

Bryan Municipal Water Department has begun its yearly spring water main flushing program. John Caperton(Pictured), water distribution supervisor, said the water crew will flush the main large trunk lines from the water treatment plant to the water towers first. Then, they will flush the smaller distribution lines starting on and near Center Street and west [...]