Paul Mahlberg | How Small Cities Manage Big Energy Needs
In this episode of Power of the Network, Tim Drake sits in for host Tim Locker and is joined by Paul Mahlberg, General Manager of the Kansas Municipal Energy Agency (KMEA). The conversation explores how municipal utilities operate in Kansas, how KMEA supports small, city-owned electric systems, and how the energy landscape is changing amid rapid load growth, data centers, and AI-driven demand.
Paul shares an inside look at KMEA’s unique project-based model, its expanding services arm through Mid-States Energy Works, and the challenges facing rural utilities as energy prices, transmission…
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