EMP 1

Energy Management Project No. 1 (EMP1) was officially created in January 2006, by a set of agreements between KMEA and five member cities: Baldwin City, Gardner, Garnett, Osawatomie and Ottawa. In 2016 the city of Pomona joined the group and in 2017 the city of Prescott became a member.

Under the EMP1 agreement, project cities operationally combine their municipal electric systems to purchase electric power and transmission as a centrally dispatched group.  KMEA manages the power supplied from EMP1′ s resources, which include Buckeye Wind, Dogwood, GRDA, Marshall Wind, SPA and WAPA. KMEA began delivering electricity under the EMP1 on June 1, 2006.