Associated Electric Cooperative (AECI) is owned by and provides wholesale power to six regional and 51 local electric cooperative systems in Missouri, northeast Oklahoma and southeast Iowa that serve more than 800,000 customers. It also has received the highest financial rating of any generation and transmission cooperative in the United States.

WindConnect® is committed to making a difference in the renewable energy market, providing wind facility and transmission line development, design, engineering, and construction services for wind farm projects across the U.S. WindConnect® is part of RMT, Inc., an Alliant Energy company.

Delivering solutions to meet clients’ environmental and energy objectives has been RMT’s fundamental business philosophy since 1977. As a unit of Alliant Energy Corporation, RMT performs a number of energy services, including site permitting, due diligence, field investigations, civil engineering, combustion engineering, alternative fuels analysis, and wind farm development and construction.

WindLogics provides expertise in wind resource assessment and turbine energy production estimates. WindLogics is a world-leader in advanced wind resource analysis, long-term wind variability, and weather forecasting services.

The law firm of Alston & Bird has one of the leading renewable energy practices in the United States. Alston has over 800 lawyers and a team dedicated to providing strategic legal counsel to clients pursuing the development, management, sale and procurement of renewable energy and technology. The team's experience encompasses project development and financing, legislative and public policy, and environmental and regulatory compliance as they specifically relate to renewable energy.

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