Our Strategy for a cleaner tomorrow
Powering the Future
Reliability. Affordability. Flexibility. Sustainability. These are more than just words on a page — they represent MPW’s fundamental responsibilities to our community.
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Introduction
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Evolve
Our Strategy
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Evolve our power supply to maintain reliability, reduce environmental impact, optimize cost and risk, and meet customers’ evolving needs.
Through ongoing power supply studies, completed by industry experts, MPW staff and leadership have developed our Powering the Future strategy to set a bold new path for local power generation, and the utility’s critical position in the national electric grid. Some specific objectives are still being studied and vetted, but the direction is clear – MPW will continue to expand its portfolio of renewables and has set aggressive targets for lower carbon emissions.
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Multiple factors will drive decision-making about MPW’s future energy portfolio.
MPW’s strategy continues to evolve. In addition to professional power supply studies and government policy and incentives, feedback from customers plays a huge role in decision-making.
Taking all that into consideration, MPW recommends:
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Pursue development of small-scale CHP unit
- Seek to optimize IRA tax incentives
- Investigate flex fuel options (natural gas, fuel oil, hydrogen)
- Size natural gas interconnection to provide flexibility for the future
- Make efforts to reuse existing interconnection rights
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Pursue additional renewable resources
- Monitor market to determine optimal time to issue renewable Request for Proposal (RFP)
- Investigate combintation of both solar and wind alternatives
- Preference for local projects, but entertain projects in MISO Zone 3
- Monitor storage technology development
- Optimize Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tax incentives
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Pursue effluent limit guidelines compliance (ELG) strategies for Unit 9
- Further investigate Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) compliance options and select best alternative
- Target compliance around mid-2028
- Identify and complete necessary plant reliability projects
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Continue to Evaluate power supply options
- Continue to evaluate power supply options on a 3-5 year basis
- Continue to evaluate alternatives that further educe carbon emissions while still achieving Reliability and Affordability goals
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continue energy efficiency services
- Continue to provide staff resources, expertise, and rebate incentives to help customers of all classes reduce their energy usage
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continue to investigate demand response alternatives
- Continue to evaluate demand response programs that could strike the right balance of reducing costs associated with peak loads without being unreasonably disruptive to customers
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Reliability
MPW’s award-winning reliability is no accident. Our reinvestment in local generating assets, transmission and distribution infrastructure, animal protection protocols, and investment in staff training and education keeps Muscatine’s lights on. Despite the continuing changes in how power is generated and transmitted across the grid, MPW continues to maintain high reliability statistics.
2022 Reliability Stats
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System Average Interruption Duration
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Average Interruptions per Customer
System Average Interruption Frequency
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Average System Reliability
Affordability
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Important Notes:
- Transmission costs to interconnect new generation are indeterminable; however, could be tens of millions of dollars for 100% renewable option. As a result, related pricing is based on not putting excess renewable generation on grid.
- The feasibility of a green-hydrogen-fueled combined heat and power unit is highly uncertain…the technology is not available at this time.
- All amounts are estimated and subject to assumptions; however, the magnitude of the increased rates is anticipated.
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Flexibility
Sustainability
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be a leader
You Can Be a Renewable Energy Leader
Renewable Energy Programs
As an MPW customer, you can make a difference in securing a greener future right away! Reducing your own energy consumption and participation in programs like Choose Green Muscatine help lower emissions. Increased renewable energy resources, like Muscatine Solar 1, will provide additional opportunities for customers to participate in the Choose Green Muscatine program while keeping rates as low as possible for all residents.
Muscatine Solar 1 Coming Soon!
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