Lansing Board of Water & Light is Michigan's largest municipally owned utility, operating electric, water, and steam infrastructure across the region. The tech stack is operational-grade (SCADA, ArcGIS, SAP, Power BI) with active hiring focused on engineering and GIS roles — signaling ongoing digital infrastructure modernization. Projects span SCADA standardization, GIS data digitization, asset management system improvement, and cyber-security hardening, indicating a shift toward grid digitization and compliance-driven infrastructure upgrades.
BWL is a publicly owned utility chartered in 1885, providing electric, water, and steam services to the Lansing area. Unlike investor-owned utilities, it is governed by an eight-member Board of Commissioners appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by City Council, with rates set by the board rather than state regulators. The utility ranks as the third-largest electric utility in Michigan and the largest municipally owned utility in the state, operating as a major regional employer. Customers benefit from rates averaging 20% or more below other Michigan utilities, with all returns reinvested in service and infrastructure rather than distributed as profit or dividends.
BWL's core stack includes SCADA for grid operations, ArcGIS/ArcMap for asset mapping, SAP for enterprise resource planning, Power BI for analytics, and Microsoft Office suite. CMMS is used for maintenance management.
Current projects include SCADA standards development, GIS application implementation and data digitization, cyber-security improvements, asset management system enhancement, system load flow planning, and radio system upgrades.
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