Cablevision serves the Auburn community with cable television service. Contact our local office for electric, water and sanitary sewer services, electrical and plumbing inspections and assignment of new addresses in the Auburn zoning limits. BPW is a municipal utility system providing electric power to the City of Auburn, the Villages of Brownville, Johnson, Nemaha, and rural areas in Johnson, Nemaha and Richardson Counties. Public power systems continue to maintain rates that are lower than investor-owned utilities. Twenty-six employees provide professional service 24 hours a day.
Citizens have a voice in the operation of their utility.
Power is also purchased from Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska and Omaha Public Power District. The ability to purchase or generate all requirements has kept rates low and outage time minimal. The average outage time per customer was 13.3 minutes for 1999. 3750 KW generating unit completed in 1993. All usage except fire protection is metered.