Corn Belt Electric Co-op

South Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative (SKRECC) serves members in Gibson City, IL, providing reliable electricity and various community programs. The cooperative emphasizes member engagement through initiatives like the "Who Powers You" contest and support for educational programs, including Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. In addition to standard electrical services, SKRECC offers resources for energy savings, renewable options, and efficiency rebates, ensuring members can make informed choices about their energy consumption. The cooperative is dedicated to community welfare and collaborates with local chambers of commerce to foster growth and connection within the region. Generated from the website

Midwest Generation is one of the largest independent power producers in the United States, producing enough electricity to meet the needs of more than 8 million households. Headquartered in downtown Chicago, Midwest Generation is a subsidiary of Edison Mission Energy and part of the Edison International family of companies, which is based in Rosemead, Calif. Primarily in the business of generating electricity for sale in the competitive wholesale market, the company owns and operates more than five electric power generating facilities in Illinois and also supervises operation of a plant in western Pennsylvania. Midwest Generation s facilities are capable of generating approximately 7,500 megawatts of electricity and have more than 1,000 employees. Midwest Generation has a location in Pekin, Ill.

Founded in 1923. With 590,000 electric and 415,000 natural gas customers across 15,000 square miles of central, east central and southern Illinois. 8,400 distribution miles of gas main and 40,000 circuit miles of electrical line. Major communities served include Decatur, Belleville, Bloomington-Normal (electric only), Champaign-Urbana, Centralia, East St. Louis (gas only), Galesburg, Granite City, Hillsboro, Jacksonville, LaSalle, Maryville and Mt. Vernon. In total, AmerenIP s service area includes 11 cities with populations greater than 30,000 and 37 cities with populations greater than 10,000. AmerenIP owns no significant generation assets. It purchases the majority of the electricity it supplies to retail customers through long-term power purchase agreements. AmerenIP has direct interconnections with eight providers, including AmerenCILCO and is a participant, with AmerenUE and AmerenCIPS, in the Illinois-Missouri Power Pool, formed in 1952