"Power & Water - At Your Service."
The Grand Island Utilities Department is owned and controlled by the citizens of Grand Island. Our employees are committed to providing our customers with affordable and reliable electric and water service at the highest levels of quality.
Platte Generating Station (PGS) was commissioned in 1982 and provides reliable, low-cost electrical power.
Today, there are three natural gas combustion turbines with diesel fuel back up that are used for emergency and peaking power production.
The Utilities Department has made efforts to be involved in developing technologies regarding renewable energy. Presently, the most cost effective form of renewable energy is wind.
The F.E. Phelps Control Center houses the GIUD power and water dispatch center as well as other technical personnel. It is staffed 24/7, including holidays.
The Engineering Division serves as a liaison for the Utility Department between other City departments, divisions, outside agencies & general public.
The Grand Island Utilities Department Water Division's mission is to supply the City with safe drinking water and fire protection.
The City of Grand Island gets its water from 21 wells that lie on land between two channels of the Platte River. Each well is capable of pumping 1100 to 1500 gallons per minute.
City of Grand Island water customers can now look up their address on a Water Service Line Inventory WebMap to determine if their material is lead, non-lead or unknown.
Our annual cost of $1,949 in 2025 is lower than the top-19 largest cities in Nebraska.
The December 2024 completion of our 9.9-megawatt solar farm made it the second-largest in Nebraska.
GIUD completed 2,869 fire hydrant checks in the fall of 2024.
18 total lines were replaced in 2024, with several more being replaced in 2025.
