Who or what is Missouri River Energy Services?
Missouri River Energy Services (MRES) was formed in the early 1960s under the name "Missouri Basin Municipal Power Agency." Its mission was to help municipalities that operated their own electric systems to work together in planning for future power supply needs and solving other mutual problems. The name was changed to Missouri River Energy Services (MRES) in 1998, but the organization's mission remains the same.
MRES began as an informal association of northwest Iowa municipalities that manage their own electric systems. These municipalities decided to coordinate their efforts in negotiating the purchase of hydroelectric power generated at facilities along the Missouri River. This power is marketed by the Western Area Power Administration, an agency within the U.S. Department of Energy.
In 1965, enabling legislation was enacted in Iowa to allow municipalities to formally organize joint-action agencies to do together what they could not accomplish as individual municipalities. The Missouri Basin Municipal Power Agency (d.b.a. Missouri River Energy Services) was established under Chapter 28E of the Iowa Code and exists under the inter-governmental cooperation laws of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
MRES members and other preference customers who purchased their full power and energy requirements from the federal hydroelectric facilities in this region were notified in 1970 that, in late 1977, they would have to look elsewhere for supplemental power and energy to meet their load growth requirements above the 1977 levels. MRES members determined that MRES should plan for their additional power supply needs.
MRES developed a power supply program to deliver firm power and energy to supplement the members' hydroelectric power and energy purchases.
MRES is a not-for-profit joint-action agency governed by the members it serves -- one of more than 50 such joint-action agencies across the country, representing more than 900 municipal electric utilities.
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The average member community has a population of about 5,000, some 1,900 electric meters, covers 5.6 square miles, and has five employees on its utility staff.
MRES is governed by a 13-member board of directors who are elected by and from the ranks of our member representatives.
Mission Statement
Missouri River Energy Services is dedicated to supplying our members with reliable, cost-effective, long-term energy and energy services in a fiscally responsible and environmentally sensitive manner.
Missouri River Energy Services is an extension of our members, and through joint action, members will remain competitive while enhancing their relationships with their customers.
Vision Statement
To be the preferred provider of energy and energy services that can add value to our member communities.
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