The Lansing Board of Water & Light is a municipally owned public utility dating back to 1885, when Lansing citizens approved building a water system. Electricity was added to the list of utility services in 1892, steam heat in 1919 and chilled water in 2001. BWL’s mission is to provide safe, reliable and affordable utility products and services to over 97,000 electric and 56,000 water customers throughout the greater Lansing area.