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Where does municipal utiility power come from?
<br />Many of our municipal electric utilities rely on municipal joint action agencies for their power supply. A recent study
<br />•by the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA) shows that 58 percent of the power sold by municipal
<br />electric utilities in Minnesota came from municipal joint action agencies. Sixteen percent of the power sold by mu-
<br />nicipals was purchased from investor -owned utilities, 13 percent from electric cooperatives and 13 percent from the
<br />federal Western Area Power Administration. These joint action agencies serve Minnesota municipal utilities:
<br />Missouri River Energy Services,
<br />headquartered in Sioux Falls, S.D., serves these Minne-
<br />sota communities:
<br />Adrian, Alexan- MISSOURI
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<br />Benson, Breck-
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<br />Lakes, Elbow
<br />Lake, Henning, Hutchinson, Jackson, Lakefield, Lake
<br />Park, Luverne, Madison, Marshall, Melrose, Moorhead,
<br />Ortonville, St. James, Sauk Centre, Staples, Wadena,
<br />Westbrook, Worthington.
<br />Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency,
<br />headquartered in Rochester, serves these Minnesota
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<br />ties: Austin, Scout here Minnesota
<br />Blooming
<br />Prairie, A Municipal Power Agency
<br />Fairmont,
<br />Grand Marais, Lake City, Litchfield, Mora, New Prague,
<br />North Branch, Owatonna, Preston, Princeton, Redwood
<br />Falls, Rochester, Saint Peter, Spring Valley, Waseca,
<br />Wells.
<br />Central Minnesota Municipal Power Agency,
<br />headquartered in Blue Earth, serves these
<br />Minnesota communities:
<br />Blue Earth, Delano,
<br />Fairfax, Glencoe, Granite
<br />Falls, Janesville, Kasson,
<br />Kenyon, Mountain Lake,
<br />Sleepy Eye, Springfield,
<br />Windom.
<br />Minnesota Municipal Power Agency,
<br />MMPA's principal place
<br />of business is Chaska.
<br />The agency serves these
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<br />Anoka, Arlington, Brown -
<br />ton, Buffalo, Chaska, East
<br />Grand Forks, Le Sueur, North St, Paul, Olivia,
<br />• Shakopee, Winthrop.
<br />Northern Municipal Power Agency,
<br />headquartered in Thief River Falls, serves these
<br />Minnesota communi-
<br />ties: Bagley, Baudette,
<br />Fosston, Halstad, Northern Municipal
<br />Hawley, Roseau,
<br />Stephen, Thief River Power Agency
<br />Falls, Warren,
<br />Warroad. '
<br />Heartland Consumers Power District,
<br />headquartered in Madison, SD, serves these Minnesota
<br />communities: Grove
<br />City, Lake Crystal,
<br />Marshall, Madelia, HEARTLAND
<br />New Ulm, Truman, CONSUMERS POWER DISTRICT
<br />Tyler.
<br />The federal Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) supplies
<br />hydropower to 47 municipal electric utilities in the western part of
<br />the state. These utilities supplement this resource with additional
<br />generating resources.
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