Garland Power & Light’s communications team was recently recognized with a national award presented by the American Public Power Association (APPA). The GP&L 2017 Annual Report received an Award of Merit in the Print/Digital Category of the 2018 Excellence in Public Power Communications awards.
Presented by APPA at its Customer Connections Conference Nov. 7, the annual awards recognize excellence in communications. This year’s entries were judged in three categories: print/digital, web/social media and video. Awards were given to those that showed ingenuity and creativity in telling their stories through outstanding copy, design, financial data presentation, graphics, social media, engagement, video editing and web layout and interactivity.
About GP&L: Since 1923, the city of Garland has been providing electric service to its citizens through Garland Power & Light (GP&L), its locally owned nonprofit municipal utility. With more than 69,000 customers GP&L is the fourth largest municipal utility in Texas and the 42nd largest in the nation. GP&L is recognized nationally as a Reliable Public Power Provider and as a Tree Line USA Utility.
The mission of GP&L is to provide high quality, safe and reliable electric service at competitive rates to the citizens and businesses of the city of Garland through the efforts of a professional and dedicated workforce and to enhance the quality of life in the city by creating a utility environment that supports economic development.
GP&L continually emphasizes customer service and involvement in the electric industry. Both management and staff are active members in the American Public Power Association, Texas Public Power Association, Electric Reliability Council of Texas and other industry organizations.
GP&L’s diverse energy portfolio includes power from natural gas, coal, wind, solar and hydroelectric resources. The utility owns natural gas and hydroelectric generation facilities and has power purchase contracts for coal, wind and solar energy.
The utility’s distribution system has 388 linear miles of overhead lines and 597 linear miles of underground lines. The transmission system consists of 31 substations and 209 linear miles of transmission lines.
Information and photo provided by city of Garland.