McMinnville Electric System RECOGNIZED AS A RELIABLE PUBLIC POWER PROVIDER
McMinnville, TN, March 31, 2026— McMinnville Electric System has earned a Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3)® designation from the American Public Power Association for providing reliable and safe electric service to McMinnville.
The RP3 designation, which lasts for three years, recognizes public power utilities that demonstrate proficiency in four key disciplines: reliability, safety, workforce development, and system improvement. Criteria include sound business practices and a utility-wide commitment to safe and reliable delivery of electricity. McMinnville Electric joins more than 250 public power utilities nationwide that hold the RP3 designation.
“Receiving an RP3 designation is a great honor and a testament to the work these utilities are doing to follow industry best practices,” said Jeremy Ash, Chair of APPA’s RP3 Review Panel and General Manager at Kansas City Board of Public Utilities, Kansas. "These designees have distinguished themselves as committed to pursuing excellence and perpetual improvement for the benefit of their communities.”
“We are incredibly proud to earn this distinguished designation,” said Brittany Davis, GM/CEO of MES. “We go to work every day to ensure reliable service to this community, and it’s nice to see this hard work recognized on the national level.”
