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 78,000 consumers 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 574 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 78 distribution and transmission substations to serve its members. PPI is one of over 700 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 – 43,641 MWh (2009)
- Total Electric Sales – 1,519,795 MWh (2009)
- 2009 Summer Peak Demand – 301 MW (June 2009)
- 2009 Winter Peak Demand – 299 MW (Dec 2009)
- 58 employees (2009)
- Member of Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO)
- Owned by 10 member electric distribution cooperative in Illinois
- Provides competitive wholesale electric energy
- Owns and operates 172 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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