MEAN wins national environmental award — Sept. 20, 2002

MEAN received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Region VII Pollution Prevention Environmental Excellence Award in September 2002.

Richard Duxbury, NMPP Energy chief executive officer, accepted the award at an EPA ceremony on Sept. 20 in Kansas City, Mo. Then EPA division director Art Spratlin and then EPA Region VII administrator Jim Gulliford, presented the award.

"We are indeed proud to be named as a recipient for this prestigious award," Duxbury said at the ceremony. "The MEAN Wind Project at Kimball will be a great benefit to the environment and a cost-effective source of renewable energy for our member communities and their ratepayers."

Duxbury said MEAN was selected to receive the EPA award for its work in energy efficiency, renewable or alternative energy resources, and construction of Nebraska's first and largest wind farm.