Northern Municipal Power Agency

Northern Municipal Power Agency Information

Founded in 1976, the Northern Municipal Power Agency (NMPA) is the energy supplier for 12 municipal utilities in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. Each of the participants has a representative on the NMPA board of directors. The Agency owns a 30 percent share of the 427,000-kilowatt Coyote Station located near Beulah in western North Dakota. NMPA also owns a load-ratio share (approximately 15 percent) of the Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. transmission system. Minnkota of Grand Forks, N.D., is the operating agent for NMPA and purchases capacity and energy from the Coyote Station not required by NMPA participants. NMPA headquarters is located in
Thief River Falls, MN.