The Pierre City Commission has awarded (May 20, 2025) a $473-thousand ($473,257) contract to upgrade a portion of the city’s electrical distribution system.
Pierre Electric Superintendent Devin Harris says the contract includes materials needed to replace underground electrical cable.
Harris says work is scheduled to start soon (June 2025).
Harris says the contractor (PUSH Inc.) will install the conduit for the project, but city staff will install the actual cable.
The cable being replaced provides the downtown area with power, and is decades old. Harris says they want to replace the infrastructure before it fails and causes a disruption to Pierre’s business community.
The City of Pierre has more than 7,000 electrical customers and receives about 60% of its power from the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA). The remaining 40% of the community’s power comes from Missouri River Energy Services (MRES), a not-for-profit joint-action agency serving 61 municipal utilities in four states.
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At the May 20, 2025, meeting, the Pierre City Commission awarded a $473,257 contract to PUSH Inc. to upgrade a portion of the city’s electrical distribution system.
The contract includes materials needed to replace underground electrical cable between the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) substation, the Ramkota Hotel, and east on Sioux Avenue to Highland Avenue.
“The existing cable provides the downtown area with power, and the cable is decades old,” said Devin Harris, City Electric Superintendent. “Our goal is to replace the infrastructure before it fails and causes a disruption to our business community.”
Harris added that PUSH Inc. will install the conduit for the project, but city forces will install the actual cable. Work is scheduled to start in June and be complete this fall.
The City Commission put this project out for bid in May. There were three bidders; PUSH Inc. was the lowest qualified bidder.
The City of Pierre has more than 7,000 electrical customers and receives about 60% of its power from the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA). The remaining 40% of the community’s power comes from Missouri River Energy Services (MRES), a not-for-profit joint-action agency serving 61 municipal utilities in four states.
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