MMUA Announces Updated Strategic Plan
At its August 18, 2024 meeting, MMUA's Board of Directors approved its annual update to the Association's strategic plan.
In order to unify, support, and serve as a common voice for municipal utilities, MMUA will focus on five key areas. These include:
- Effective public policy advocacy
- Strategic preservation of local control
- Excellence in member benefits
- Best-in-class programs and services
- Efficient association operations
At MMUA's annual meeting on August 21, 2024, MMUA CEO Karleen Kos briefed members of the Association strategic progress that has been made over the past two years and areas of specific operational focus for the organization between now and the end of 2025.
Kos says, "The utilities industry overall is experiencing rapid change. Climate-related factors, governmental initiatives, and advancing technologies are all driving evolution at a speed not seen in more than a century. The surge in demand for renewable energy sources, focus on environmental sustainability, new demands from customers such as data miners and those seeking interconnection with co-generators, grid updates, evolving water and land rights, the presence of human-caused water contaminants, aging infrastructure, and more, are all producing enormous challenges for MMUA members.
"Against this backdrop, the leaders of municipal utilities carry out their missions, working 24/7 to meet the constantly evolving needs of their communities and the requirements of the larger world. MMUA stands with them. We will support municipal utilities with programs, services, and advocacy that provide guidance in unfamiliar territory and a roadmap to excellence in the new environment. Our strategic plan aims to prepare us all for the changes and challenges ahead."
MMUA will announce its 2025 operating priorities later in the year. These priorities will put the strategic plan into action with specific deliverables, timelines, and chains of accountability. Read a copy of the new strategic plan here.