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Power balance meets members’ desire for dependable electricity

A balanced generation portfolio – coal, natural gas, wind and hydropower – enables Associated to provide reliable

power to members, no matter the season. With challenges on multiple fronts, maintaining reliability for rural members
requires vigilance and action by Associated to protect its members and their livelihoods.

Generating member confidence
during weather extremes

With the midsection of the country sweltering
during a persistent heatwave, a new all-time
summer peak of 4,538 megawatts on July 5
surpassed the previous summertime high by 221
MW. Associated’s balanced generation strategy
kept the power flowing to members throughout
a time of tight regional power supplies.
Associated employees braved triple-digit heat during the new summer Then, when the system hit a new all-time
peak July 5. member peak demand of 5,899 MW during
Winter Storm Elliott on Dec. 23, eclipsing the
prior all-time peak of 5,549 MW set during Feb-
ruary 2021’s Winter Storm Uri by 350 MW, the
three-tiered system kept its collective promise of
reliable power when it was needed most. With
utility systems around Associated’s footprint
struggling to keep pace with demand, Associ-
ated and its member-owners delivered reliable
power during historically low wind chills of 25
degrees below zero. Associated’s CEO and General Manager David Tudor reinforced the
cooperative’s commitment to reliability in a presentation before the
Chouteau 2 switchyard during Winter Storm Elliott Dec. 22-23. National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in February 2022.

Successfully delivering peak power
In less than a six-month span in 2022, the
system set two new all-time peaks.

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