Great River Energy issues Request for Proposals for future power supply needs

Elk River, MN (March 3, 2004)
Today, Split Rock Energy, the power marketing affiliate of Great River Energy, a generation and transmission cooperative headquartered in Elk River, Minn., issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking future power supply resources.

The RFP seeks resources, both renewable and conventional, to meet the needs of Great River Energy and its 28 member cooperatives for the balance of this decade. Those needs are for approximately 200 MW of renewable resources, up to 300 MW of peaking and intermediate resources and up to 200 MW of baseload resources.

Responses to the RFP will be due on two different dates: the peaking/intermediate resource proposals are due on April 2, and the baseload and renewable resource proposals are due on April 30.

Here is an electronic copy of the RFP (pdf file).

Here’s an electronic copy of a Draft Wind Purchase Agreement (pdf file).

For more information, contact:

Stan Selander	Joni Hamson
SSelander@GREnergy.com	JHamson@SplitRockEnergy.com
763-241-2446.	320-749-2008

Great River Energy is the second largest utility in Minnesota serving more than 560,000 customers or 1.2 million people in Minnesota and Wisconsin. It is the fastest growing utility in the Upper Midwest.

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