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Wabash Valley Power Alliance (WVPA) is a not-for-profit generation and transmission cooperative created out of the need for reliable, affordable electricity in America's heartland. We don't have customers, we have members. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, WVPA provides wholesale power to 21 distribution cooperatives in Indiana and Illinois that serve over 284,000 residential and business members (which makes us a co-op of co-ops). In other words, we're not selling electricity to customers and we're not working for shareholders. We're providing electricity to members who are actually owners. And we are guided by the seven principles that govern all co-ops. Our unique approach to supplying electricity has positioned us for years of very competitive electric rates. By using a variety of fuel sources to supply electricity, such as coal, natural gas, nuclear, landfill gas, solar and wind, we manage our risk for more predictable rates, no matter what the future holds. From our role in establishing ACES, Touchstone Energy®, and MISO to developing highly successful POWER MOVES(R) energy efficiency programs and Co-op Solar, WVPA continues to look to the future to deliver stability and growth. We are a deliberately different kind of power company. And that's good news for the people who depend on us. Learn more about our Power Moves program at https://www.linkedin.com/company/power-moves-ee/

Called the "state champion of fiber broadband"​ by Indiana officials, locally owned and nationally recognized Smithville is home to Indiana's best Internet, including offering fully symmetrical gigabit connectivity in Smithville GigaCity deployments (E.g., Jasper, Indiana). Indiana's largest independent telecommunications company, Smithville provides residential and business customers with a full array of Internet, streaming TV, voice, cellular and other services. Headquartered in Ellettsville with a retail locations in southern Bloomington and French Lick, the company has been an industry innovator for nearly 100 years. In 2008, Smithville extended its reputation for critical innovation by embarking on a $100 million fiber development program. Federal regulations and policies changed after Smithville was awarded a federally-backed loan (not a grant), but Smithville has continued to find creative ways to finance new developments and improve services. This includes bringing fiber to distribution centers in its copper network (FTTC) and selected fiber expansions in Bloomington and Ellettsville (http://bit.ly/2uudacw). Smithville also offers a full line of home automation and security products (see link for more details: http://bit.ly/2uUIDUT) Today, Smithville is proud to provide state-of-the-art services to a number of fiber-to-the-premise communities, a network of hospitals and clinics, large manufacturers and corporations, and both the Purdue Research Park (West Lafayette) and the Westgate @ Crane Technology Park, (the latter serves the $2 billion NAVSEA Naval Surface Warfare Center and military laboratory). Smithville has also been recognized 10 consecutive times as a national Top 100 Broadband Company awards, an unprecedented achievement for companies in Indiana.

Formed as Southwestern Gas and Electric Company in June 1912, AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) is 104 years old. SWEPCO values its most cherished assets – its customers and its employees. When the company was first formed, it had 125 employees and served only three communities – Shreveport, Bossier City and Texarkana – with a combined population of 42,000. Today, SWEPCO serves over 200 communities on its lines, representing a diverse 33,000-square mile service area of northern and central La., east and north Texas, and western Arkansas with a population of two million. There are 1,640 company employees supplying electricity to over 520,000 customers over 5,000 miles of transmission lines and about 25,500 miles of distribution power lines.