Regulators Approve Major Southeast Minnesota Power Line Project
Construction could begin later this year.
SMMPA
RPU Projects 6% Rate Hikes as Energy Costs Escalate
RPU General Manager Tim McCollough on Rochester Today talks about the factors causing a sharp increase in the costs associated with powering our community.
30% RPU Electric Rate Hike Over 5 Years Tied to Clean Energy Plan
The phasing out of clean energy tax credits is listed as one of the key factors for the dramatic increase in the cost of reaching Rochester's 2030 clean energy target.
SMMPA Goes Solar
Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency is buying the output from a 5 megawatt solar farm near Owatonna
SMMPA is buying the electricity generated over 20 years from the 5 megawatt solar photovoltaic array that was built and is owned and operated by Lemmond Solar Center, LLC...
Save the monarch
Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency now has free pollinator seed packages available in municipal utility communities. The seeds are to create monarch butterfly and other pollinators habitat. The U.S. has seen an estimated 90 percent decrease in butterfly populations...