The Missouri Public Energy Pool (MoPEP) is supplying 35 cities with their full requirements electric supply.  MJMEUC is managing all the resources of these cities to achieve economies of scale from new supplies, optimize use of existing supplies, and utilize the strengths of this group of cities to provide reliable low cost power through joint action.

New power supply resources for the pool include contracts for a total of 155 MW. Existing member contracts with Sikeston, SWPA (Southwestern Power Administration), and the cities’ own resources round out the supplies with another 290 MW or so of generating capacity. This results in a diverse supply mix anchored by the dependability and flexibility of the members’ locally owned and operated units. This excellent set of resources will be optimized by the sale of surpluses and purchases to lower the cost of supply.  New opportunities are continuously being developed to meet the changing needs of the pool members.

The guiding principle of the pool is that the member cities make the decisions, with MJMEUC providing the opportunity for joint action. The Commission will continue working to provide a reliable source of supply at the lowest cost possible. We believe that is a core value for MJMEUC members.

Western Resources provides load following, spinning reserves, electronic tagging, and backup scheduling services for the pool. AECI and the coop system continues to be used for the transmission connection to the grid utilizing existing contracts. Additionally, SPP and Ameren transmission paths are used to fully integrate members with pool suppliers.

The SCADA system installed by the cities and MJMEUC is polling all the interconnections from pool members and aggregating their load on a real time basis (every 2-4 seconds). The same data is being provided to Western Resources , allowing them to provide the load following and spinning reserve services. The system has over 90 meters installed, bringing together a great deal of information for the benefit of pool members.  The SCADA system is a major asset in improving reliability and maintaining low cost supply options for the pool.  In addition, it can be configured to start and stop some of the members’ generating units.