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ANAHEIM PUBLIC UTILITIES WINS TOP ANNUAL REPORT AWARD AT NATIONAL PUBLIC POWER CONFERENCE
ANAHEIM, CA (November 1, 2005) - Anaheim Public Utilities received the Award of Excellence for its 2004 Annual Report at the recent American Public Power Association (APPA) Customer Connections Conference in Kansas City, MO. Ray Merchant, Anaheim Public Utilities Communications Assistant, attended the conference and accepted the award on behalf of Anaheim.
Only five annual reports among the nation’s more than 2,000 community- and state-owned electric utilities, received the coveted Award of Excellence. Anaheim’s report was judged the best in the category of entrants with gross revenues between $200 million to $400 million.
APPA is a national service organization that conducts the annual report contest to encourage and recognize excellence in communications. The reports are judged on content, design, financial data, creativity, graphics, organization and communicating the utility’s special story.
Anaheim Public Utilities 2004 Annual Report is entitled Spanning Three Centuries and Still Growing Strong. In addition to current financial data about Anaheim’s water and electric utilities, the report chronicles the utilities’ history in a photo album format dating back to 1879, providing interesting photos and facts from that time to the present. The report may be viewed here.
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PHOTO CAPTION: Ray Merchant (left) of Anaheim Public Utilities receives the Award of Excellence in the American Public Power Association (APPA) Annual Report Contest. The awards were presented at the recent APPA Customer Connections Conference in Kansas City, MO.
### ABOUT ANAHEIM PUBLIC UTILITIES For more than 100 years, Anaheim Public Utilities has served Anaheim water and electric customers with low rates and reliable service. Anaheim Public Utilities is Orange County's only publicly owned water and electric utility.
ABOUT ANAHEIM The City of Anaheim, founded in 1857, is one of the nation’s premier municipalities and is California’s 10th most populous city. Anaheim covers 50 square miles with more than 345,500 residents and more than 2,100 City employees. The municipal corporation’s annual budget is $1.3 billion. Anaheim supports a thriving business community with companies such as CKE Restaurants, Inc., L-3 Communications, Pacific Sunwear, and Disneyland Resort. Successful sports franchises call Anaheim home, including Angels Baseball, Anaheim Ducks, Anaheim Arsenal, and the 2008 Olympic Gold Medal winning USA Men's Volleyball team. Anaheim also boasts world-class meeting and entertainment venues with the Anaheim Convention Center, the largest on the west coast, Honda Center, The Grove of Anaheim, Anaheim GardenWalk, and Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Annually, Anaheim welcomes millions of visitors to the city, truly making it where the world comes to live, work and play. For more information, please visit www.anaheim.net.
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