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Did you know? Municipal utilities are on track to meet Power supply facts and figures <br /> the Minnesota renewable energy sup- Municipal utilities do not generate <br /> ply target of 25%by 2025. Municipals all of their own power locally. Some <br /> own or have under contract 120 MW of generate a portion of their local <br /> renewable energy sources.Nationally, needs, usually as part of a combined <br /> the Northern Municipal Power Agency heat-and-power system or at times of <br /> is No. 1 in percentage of retail sales peak demand. <br /> from wind;the Southern Minnesota <br /> Municipal Power Agency was rated Most municipal utilities purchase <br /> -::*:':-11T.,4'.- '----:!= 3i, -'? fourth for estimated percentage of power wholesale, either from a mu- <br /> ': retail sales expected from wind power. nicipal joint action agency that they <br /> '° In Minnesota,Missouri River Energy area member of, or through some <br /> `" -. Services is first in percentage of power other contractual arrangement. <br /> -- purchased from Community-Based En- <br /> -1' ergy Development(C-BED)projects. Minnesota electric sales in kilowatt-hours <br /> ''-ow* 1 Co-op <br /> Founded in 1931, Minnesota Municipal =it k lid r, I ' " .'( ' t.,...! <br /> ° 21 <br /> .._ ( I 4a N� rf lig 5f <br /> Utilities Association(MMUA)is the - iou <br /> statewide association representing mu- -- _. _ Municipal 65% <br /> nicipal electric and gas utilities across orFrcrnr. onc;nv 14% <br /> the state of Minnesota. <br /> Minnesota M„ <br /> nicipal Utilities psvociation <br /> -c <br /> Y .,,•r{a i'.›. 4V <br /> Power suppliers to municipal electric utilities <br /> ,6- 4� ,, WAPA Co-op <br /> i % �s,.t 13% 13% <br /> -. G"; tIcStilii"s."Da .Xi..:,e _...., ;1. ' .'). ..1.,,,, r.`'1.V•... <br /> IOU <br /> Municipal utilities are lo- 16% <br /> cated throughout the state. <br /> I Of the 87 county seat cities Public Power <br /> .4 58% <br /> Iii`i i __ in Minnesota, 50 operate <br /> ' municipal electric and/or /` <br /> _ . 44-1,0" natural gas utilities. <br /> i vex en Jr®to ' en enn ' <br /> G-��;� r: Average municipal generation fuel mix <br /> t- _ a , Hydro <br /> q $° a 'ar i I "An :;,:it...,.;-441 11.81% , <br /> ip pi " b. ICt` # / Nuclear-6.91% <br /> @g'. -,.el a } ""; ' y SZ u <br /> e l -, �..• Wind-4.15% <br /> There are approximately 50 local IP,i� s _, `' ", ;� <br /> municipal power plants in `,' ° 1 E -° '411'4. . ' i'.?f; '' � I Coal i Natural Gas-4.11% <br /> Minnesota.These plants 4'7,14) :, 1 ,.__1 70.58% Other-2.44% <br /> are generally used in �t f ' l; °'� " �b 7 <br /> times of emergency and rev / <br /> also act as a hedge against s.x. / <br /> high wholesale market prices. y .3 .,3 , , <br /> rat _::1 +f _ li <br /> `I •' i ! <br /> ,�R" � - ,. I Note:numbers from DOE and MMUA surveys. <br /> 111 <br />