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Coast. Across those states, it serves more than 42 million customers'. Minnkota and its system partners (Northern Municipal Power Agency and Square Butte Cooperative) have the capability of generating 1,425 MWs, which may be provided to MISO for scheduling and reliability purposes. Over half of the electricity generated by Minnkota is dispatchable power from coal sources, meaning it is available on demand, unlike power from wind and solar resources, which do not have on-demand capabilities. Dispatchable power is critical for MISO because MISO has small reserve margins, which is the amount of power needed to ensure demand is met and avoid failure of the grid. 6. Minnkota is a member of the Lignite Energy Council (LEC). LEC represents the regional lignite industry in North Dakota, an $18 billion industry critical to the economy of the Upper Midwest and the reliability of its electrical grid. The primary objective of LEC is to maintain a viable lignite coal industry and enhance development of the region's lignite FERC, M1SO, hitr , :.\v\v\v.tuu.g,)\-: indLu-driu, ddtdieledricieEt.'L lyic-powu iimykuisimko. -3- Sierra Club FOIA 2025-EPA-04883 ED_018388_00000327-00055 SC_EVERSPLIT0006364