Our Members

Alliant Energy delivers energy solutions and exceptional service to its nearly 1.4 million electric and natural gas customers in Iowa and Wisconsin. Alliant Energy’s Iowa operation is based in Cedar Rapids. Alliant Energy operates more than 42,000 miles of electric lines and 9,600 miles of gas mains and employs nearly 4,000 people. The company plans to invest $2 billion to add 1,150 megawatts of owned wind generation projects by 2021. These renewable investments are helping Alliant Energy achieve its target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 40 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels. Alliant Energy (NASDAQ: LNT) is a component of the Nasdaq CRD Global Sustainability Index and the S&P 500. For more information, visit alliantenergy.com or follow Alliant Energy on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Black Hills Energy, a subsidiary of Black Hills Corp. (NYSE: BKH), serves 1.2 million customers in eight states: Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. Black Hills Energy produces and delivers natural gas to more than 153,000 customers in Iowa and works to strengthen communities by supporting economic growth and development. The company manages 2,954 natural gas transmission and distribution miles across the state and provides services in 133 communities with operational units in Council Bluffs, Decorah, Denison, Dubuque, Manchester, Newton, Spencer and Webster City.

MidAmerican Energy Company, headquartered in Des Moines, serves 795,000 electric customers in Iowa, Illinois and South Dakota, and 774,000 natural gas customers in Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and South Dakota. The company is leading the revolution of Iowa’s energy landscape, helping to make it the nation’s leader in the percentage of electricity generated from wind. More than half of the energy used by MidAmerican Energy customers in 2017 came from renewable energy. That innovation plays a critical role in keeping rates in Iowa among the lowest in the country — and in giving Iowa a competitive advantage to attract and retain businesses. Delivering clean, reliable and affordable energy is another way MidAmerican Energy is obsessively, relentlessly at your service. 

ITC Midwest, LLC. is a wholly owned subsidiary of ITC Holdings Corporation, the nation’s largest independent electricity transmission company. ITC Midwest operates more than 6,600 circuit miles of transmission lines in Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois and Missouri. The company is headquartered in Cedar Rapids, with operating locations in Dubuque, Iowa City and Perry. ITC Midwest has rebuilt more than 470 miles of 34.5 kV lines capable of operation at 69 kV to improve reliability and system capacity. As part of multi-state Multi-Value Projects (MVPs), ITC has constructed nearly 200 miles of new high-voltage 345 kV lines in Iowa and Minnesota. The company is also proud of the more than $2 million it has invested in local charities, community grants and sponsorships over the last 10 years.

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NextEra Energy Resources, LLC (together with its affiliated entities, "NextEra Energy Resources"), is a clean energy leader and is one of the largest wholesale generators of electric power in the U.S., with approximately 21,000 megawatts of net generating capacity, primarily in 36 states and Canada as of year-end 2018. NextEra Energy Resources, together with its affiliated entities, is the world's largest operator of renewable energy from the wind and sun and a world leader in battery storage. The business operates clean, emissions-free nuclear power generation facilities in New Hampshire, Iowa and Wisconsin as part of the NextEra Energy nuclear fleet, which is one of the largest in the United States. NextEra Energy Resources, LLC is a subsidiary of Juno Beach, Florida-based NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE). For more information, visit www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.

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At Iowa American Water customers are the number one priority, and they are proud to deliver clean, safe, reliable and affordable water and wastewater services across the state. While serving about 212,000 people, they ensure that water is of the highest quality by following regulations that are set by local authorities like the Iowa Utilities Regulatory Board, as well as federal standards set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). Water is an integral part of life, and they take great pride in taking care of it.