On average, customers of municipal utilities have fewer minutes of power outages per year and often municipal utilities get the power back on more quickly after severe weather events. And municipal utilities around the country are leading the way in energy efficiency and clean energy: the Sacramento municipal utility has installed more than 100 megawatts of solar (compare to only 1 MW in Minneapolis) and 230 megawatts of wind and is making steady progress towards a goal of reducing emissions by 90% by 2050.