Where We Serve
The nine public power agencies that own Prairie State serve members across eight states. These agencies all share the same commitment to reliable, sustainable energy. Explore the map below to learn more.
Prairie State Energy Campus could not exist without the vision, cooperation, and action of our nine public power ownership groups. Together, these agencies have envisioned a future in which Prairie State plays a key role in their energy portfolios.
For decades, public power utilities and rural electric cooperatives have been meeting the needs of their members with responsible and affordable power, exceptional service, and a local focus on community initiatives. The power is quite literally in the hands of the public, as rates and generation decisions are made by members of the communities they serve.
The nine public power agencies that own Prairie State serve members across eight states. These agencies all share the same commitment to reliable, sustainable energy. Explore the map below to learn more.
American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) is a non-profit corporation that owns and operates electric facilities with the purpose of providing generation, transmission and distribution of electric power and energy to its members. AMP serves 135 members across nine states. Visit AMP
The Illinois Municipal Electric Agency is a not-for-profit unit of local government comprised of 32 municipal electric systems from all across Illinois. Each of their communities owns and operations its own electric distribution systems, and some operate local power generation plants. Visit IMEA
The Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA) was created by a group of municipally-owned electric utilities, enabling them to share power resources and provide electricity more economically to their customers. As a non-profit organization governed by its members, IMPA focuses on providing the 61 municipal electric utilities it serves with a wholesale power supply that is low cost, reliable and environmentally responsible. Visit IMPA
The Kentucky Municipal Power Agency delivers affordable and reliable electric power to customers, while keeping in mind a responsibility to the environment. KMPA helps its members in planning, construction and operation of new energy facilities, as well as joint purchases, sales and exchanges of electric power. Visit KMPA
The Missouri Public Utility Alliance is a not-for-profit service organization representing municipally-owned utilities. The joint action agency portion of MPUA is the Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission (MJMEUC), which provides full power purchase requirements to member utilities and arranges purchases for members in need of supplemental power. Visit MPUA
The Northern Illinois Municipal Power Agency (NIMPA) was established by a group of Illinois cities that furnish retail electric service to the public through municipally owned electric utilities. NIMPA jointly develops electric energy generation projects that their member communities would not otherwise be able to develop on their own. Visit NIMPA
Prairie Power, Inc. is a member-owned, not-for-profit electric generation and transmission cooperative, which produces and supplies wholesale electricity to 10 electric distribution cooperatives in central Illinois. PPI’s distribution cooperatives provide retail electric service to approximately 78,000 consumers within their local service territories. Visit Prairie Power, Inc.
Southern Illinois Power Cooperative is a generation and transmission cooperative providing wholesale electric power to seven member distribution cooperatives and two wholesale customers in Illinois. SIPC member cooperatives provide electricity to over 100,000 end-use customers. Visit SIPC
Wabash Valley Power Alliance is a not-for-profit electric cooperative and wholesale provider of electricity to 23 distribution cooperatives. Collectively, their member-owners serve more than 300,000 homes, schools, farms and businesses in Illinois, Indiana and Missouri. Visit WVPA
Since 2012, Prairie State has provided more than 2.5 million families with baseload electricity on behalf of its owners. These families are located throughout territories that span the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic.