Dogwood Tour

On October 16th representatives from the City of Garden City and the City of Russell along with KMEA staff members participated in a tour of the Dogwood Energy Facility. The Cities of Garden City, Gardner, Lindsborg, Ottawa and Russell have approved their cities’ participation in the Dogwood Project. KMEA is currently in the process of purchasing approximately 10.1% of the Dogwood Energy Facility which equates to approximately 62 Megawatts.  The 5 KMEA Member Cities’ shares are; Garden City 30MW, Gardner 20MW, Ottawa 5MW, Russell 5MW, and Lindsborg 2MW. Those in the photo who took the tour are Paul Mahlberg KMEA Staff, Matt Allen City Manager Garden City, Neal Daney KMEA Staff, Mike Muirhead Public Utilities Director Garden City, Duane Banks Electric Utility Director Russell, John Quinday City Manager Russell, and Mayor Melvin Dale Garden City. Everyone enjoyed the informative tour which lasted more than an hour. Dogwood Energy Facility is a 650MW combined cycle gas turbine electric generating plant located near Pleasant Hill, Missouri.