Finding a Better Way

Created by its members as a joint-action agency in 1977, SMMPA generates and sells reliable wholesale electricity to its eighteen non-profit, municipally-owned member utilities, and develops innovative products and services to help them deliver value to their customers.

Though SMMPA member utilities are located throughout the state, most are in  southern Minnesota. SMMPA members serve over 93,000 residential customers and over 11,000 commercial and industrial customers.

The Agency's main source of electricity is its 41% share of the 884 MW Sherco 3 coal-fired generator near Becker, MN. The Agency also relies on an array of other generation sources, including biodiesel-fueled engines and its own wind turbines located at member communities.