Cooperative Description
Prairie Power, Inc. is a member-owned, not-for-profit electric generation and transmission  cooperative, which produces and supplies electricity for 10 member distribution cooperatives in Illinois. PPI’s distribution cooperatives provide retail  electric service to 83,100consumers within their local service territories. PPI is one of more than 60 generation and transmission (G&T) cooperatives that supply wholesale electric power to rural utilities in the United States.
PPI owns and operates approximately 584 miles of transmission lines at 138 kV, 69 kV, and 34.5 kV; 22 MW of coal-fired base load generation; 152 MW of oil and gas-fired peaking units; and 86 distribution and transmission substations to serve its members. PPI is one of over 600 Touchstone Energy® Cooperatives in the United States.
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PPI at a Glance
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- A generation & transmission cooperative
- Headquarters – Jacksonville, Il
- Net electric generation – 168,476 MWh (2007)
- Total Electric Sales – 1,575,372 MWh (2007)
- 2007 Summer Peak Demand – 321 MW (Aug 2007)
- 2007 Winter Peak Demand – 270 MW (Feb 2007)
- 56 employees (2007)
- Member of Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO)
- Owned by 10 member electric distribution cooperative in Illinois
- Provides competitive wholesale electric energy
- Owns and operates 174 MW of fossil-fuel generation
- A Touchstone Energy® Cooperative
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Service Area
- Adams Electric Cooperative
- Coles-Moultrie Electric Cooperative
- Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative
- Farmers Mutual Electric Company
- Illinois Rural Electric Cooperative
- McDonough Power Cooperative
- Menard Electric Cooperative
- Shelby Electric Cooperative
- Spoon River Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- Western Illinois Electrical Cooperative
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