8027 Highland Scenic Road PO Box 373
Brainerd, MN 56401
218-829-8726 |Phone
218-829-4703 |Fax
email@bpu.org

Brainerd Public Utilities requires a security deposit for service. The required deposit will amount to the highest
monthly bill charged in the previous 12 months. The minimum deposit is $100. All deposits earn an interest
rate that is set by MN Statute 325E.02(b). Deposits are applied to the account after 12 consecutive
months of on-time payments. If a customer owes BPU a bad debt from a previous address, both the bad
debt and the deposit have to be paid before a utility account will be established. When the account is closed, any
remaining credit will be returned in the form of a refund check.
To waive the security deposit, a utility credit reference needs to be filled out and returned to our
office within 10 days.

DATA PRIVACY ADVISORY

In accordance with the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Brainerd Public Utilities (BPU) is required to
inform you that the personal information we collect about you is private and not available to the public. We ask
this information for the following reasons:
• To distinguish you from all other applicants for service and to identify you in our account files;
• To enable us to verify that you are the individual making application and to determine your credit status for
receipt of services;
• To enable us to contact you if additional information is required, to send you appropriate notices, and/or to
schedule service or maintenance calls.
• To enable us to collect monies due and owing from you to BPU for services and equipment provided.

Refusal to supply the requested information may result in your application for services being denied. The infor-
mation you provide to us will not only be used within BPU, but may also be provided to credit or collection agen-
cies to determine your credit rating or to assist in collecting on your account for services should it become delin-
quent. The collected information may also be provided to law enforcement personnel if requested by them. In

accordance with MN Statutes Sections 13.03 and 13.04, I acknowledge by signing this application form that I

have been informed of and understand my rights under the MN Government Data Practices Act and hereby con-
sent to the release of the above information for those purposes as stated herein.

I hereby certify the information given on this application is true and correct. I authorize BPU to verify this I
information and retain the application whether or not it is approved. I agree that if any of the information is
false or altered, BPU has the right to disconnect my utility service without any further notice. I further authorize
BPU to receive and retain credit information that I have provided on the utility credit reference.