NIPCO Facts

Year Organized: 1949

Power Suppliers: Basin Electric Power Cooperative and Western Area Power Administration

Territory:  6,500 square miles including Iowa counties of Cherokee, Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Monona, O'Brien, Plymouth, Shelby, Sioux, Woodbury and portions of Clay, Pottawattamie, Audubon, Carroll and Buena Vista.

Work Force: 44 full-time employees, including two employees at each outpost in Harlan and Onawa

Transmission System: 901 miles of high-voltage transmission line, two source supply stations, 77 distribution substations, 382 miles of overhead fiber optic cable and 72 miles of underground fiber optic cable

2010 Class A Maximum Demand: 237 MW (01/10)