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Elk River Municipal Utilities <br /> Wholesale Power Supplier Compairison Grid <br /> 9/24/2012 <br /> Connexus Energy Central Minnesota Southern Minnesota <br /> 8y- Minnesota Municipal Missouri River Energy <br /> Current power supplier <br /> River Energy(G RE) Municipal Power Agency Municipal Power Agency <br /> )CMMPA) (SMMPA) Power Agency(MMPA) Services(MRES) <br /> Headquarters Ramsey,MN Maple Grove,MN Blue Earth,MN Rochester,MN Minneapolis,MN Sioux Falls,SD <br /> Distance from Elk River,MN 10 miles 20 miles 150 miles 125 miles 35 miles 265 miles <br /> Business Model MN Cooperative-Elec MN Cooperative- Municipal power agency-Municipal power agency-Municipal power agency-Municipal power agency- <br /> Distribution Generation and MN MN MN MN SD,ND,IA <br /> Transmission <br /> Power supply All requirments member Resource planning for Project focused agency. Resource planning for Resource planning for Resource planning for <br /> of GRE the full membership Members have the full membership the full membership the full membership <br /> significiant <br /> independence in <br /> portfolio <br /> Membership 125,000 Customers 28 member cooperatives 12 member municipals 18 member municipals 11 member municials 61 member municipals <br /> Typical membership Rural and suburban Rural electric Small municipal utilities Large and small Large and small Large and small <br /> electric distribution distribution cooperatives municipal utilities municipal utilities municipal utilities <br /> customers <br /> ERMU in comparison to their N/A Middle Largest Top Five Top Five Top Five <br /> membership <br /> Governance 8 member board of 26 member board. 12 member board of 7 member board-3 11 member board of 13 member board of <br /> elected customers directors fixed for largest directors directors <br /> members,4 elected from <br /> remaining 15 members <br /> Representation for ERMU in None Board seat as member Board seat as member Need to be elected Board seat as member Need to be elected <br /> governance <br /> Governance comments There would be no ERMU would be' Decisions are largely that ERMU would be close to Members are,for the ERMU would fit the <br /> opportunity through municipal on a board of of the individual having a lock for a board most part, current direction and <br /> governance for ERMU to cooperatives with municipals. Lots of seat,but likely would geographically similar to goals of the MRES board. <br /> provide direction to this opposing views on freedom for need to wait until 2030 ERMU. The members Board discussion <br /> orgainization. service territory independence and when Rochester and are also very similar in includes member not <br /> acquisition. ERMU choice. Many dicisions Ausitn leave. Decisions size,needs,and goals. represented on the <br /> would be different from need to go back to the are made by the board ERMU would bea board. <br /> the other members and individual municipal's for the whole contributor on this <br /> may not have much governing body. ERMU membership. Board board. <br /> influence in direction. would be different in discussion includes <br /> goals and needs because members not <br /> ERMU is so much larger represented on the <br /> that the other members. board. <br /> Contract Relationship Power sale Member Member Member Member Member <br /> Generation Comments Doesn't own generation. Long on generation Project oriented. Heavy into coal. Heavy into natural gas Most MRES members <br /> Receives power through assets. Heavy into coal. Worked on Big Stone n with hedges of coal. are Western Area Power <br /> all requirements contract Owns new coal power and Resource Power Administration)WAPA) <br /> with GRE. plant in ND that has yet Coalition with ERMU. hydro power eligible. <br /> to be used. Owns a ERMU would not be. <br /> significant amount of Exlcuding hydro MRES is <br /> natural gas peaking heavy into coal with <br /> facilities. some nuclear. <br /> Transmission Comments Doesn't own Owner of transmission, Owner. ERMU has a Long time owner of In the process of Also an owner in the <br /> transmission. Receives ERMU has facilities downstream contract transmission. Owner in purchasing transmission. CAPX Brookings Project. <br /> through all requirements within GRE substations. with CMMPA for the CAPX transmission <br /> contract with GRE. CAPX Brookings Project. projects, <br /> CMMPA handles ERMU's <br /> Attachment 0 filings, <br />