About

MPUA represents community-owned (municipal), locally-regulated electric, natural gas, water, wastewater, and broadband utilities that work together for the benefit of the customers. For many years, the vision of a strong, versatile and multi-faceted collaboration grew in the minds of municipal utility leaders from across Missouri. In October of 1998, the three current member organizations of MPUA voted to combine efforts and resources to better serve their municipal utility memberships by establishing the alliance umbrella known as MPUA.
 
MPUA is a trade name representing the nature of the partnership among three legally distinct member organizations. Each organization maintains its own legal status and Boards of Directors. A Joint Operating Committee, comprised of three Executive Committee members from each of the three organizations, provides guidance and cohesiveness to joint issues. An integrated set of budgets make the broadened array of MPUA services available to all members.

Vision: Improving local quality of life through hometown utilities.

Mission: Delivering industry-leading solutions, robust advocacy, and collaboration to advance local excellence, local control, and local benefit.

Missouri Association of Municipal Utilities (MAMU)

MAMU is a state-wide trade organization open for membership to any municipality owning and operating its own utility, including water, electric, natural gas, broadband, or wastewater. Founded in 1926 as the Missouri Association of Municipal Utilities (MAMU), the primary mission of MAMU is to monitor legislation introduced in the state legislature or the U.S. Congress and Senate, keep its membership informed as to how the various pieces of legislation affect them, to monitor regulations introduced by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and to effectively represent the interests of membership before legislatures and environmental agencies as directed by the Board. In addition, as a trade organization, the MAMU provides communication, education, training, mutual aid, and other self-help activities on a cooperative basis. 

Missouri Electric Commission (MEC)

Organized in 1979, the MEC is a joint action agency specifically authorized by state law to obtain sufficient and economical electrical power and energy for the benefit of member municipalities and their residents. MEC provides full power purchase requirements to members and arranges purchases for members in need of supplemental power. In 1989, MEC expanded to allow rural electric cooperatives, as well as out-of-state municipalities, to participate in MEC’s power supply programs and projects through an advisory membership status.

MEC operates three full-requirements power pools, including the Missouri Public Energy Pool (MoPEP, 35 members), the Mid-Missouri Municipal Power Energy Pool (MMMPEP, 14 members), and the Southwest Missouri Public Energy Pool (SWMPEP, three members) In addition, the Commission has owned-generation or long term purchase power agreements in coal-fired power plants, natural gas power plants, wind farms, landfill gas plants, combined heat and power (CHP) plants, diesel generators, and solar farms. 

Missouri Gas Commission (MGC)

Organized in 1988, MGC is a joint action agency specifically authorized by state law to provide financing, acquisition, and the operation of natural gas projection, transmission, and distribution facilities and resources for the benefit of member municipalities and their residents. This organization handles all aspects of buying and transporting natural gas to the municipal members of the Commission, as well as expertise and management of long term gas supplies along with daily or monthly gas nomination services.