{"id":33,"date":"2019-09-25T09:17:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T14:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ece.iastate.edu\/eprc\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:50:11","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ece.iastate.edu\/eprc\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<h2>EPRC History<\/h2>\n<p id=\"block-cc857121-f24e-4f7d-ba83-8c222f36154f\" class=\"block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block is-selected wp-block-paragraph rich-text\" role=\"document\" contenteditable=\"true\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-readonly=\"false\" aria-label=\"Block: Paragraph\" data-block=\"cc857121-f24e-4f7d-ba83-8c222f36154f\" data-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-title=\"Paragraph\" data-empty=\"false\" data-wp-block-attribute-key=\"content\">EPRC started in 1962 as the Power Affiliates Program to \u201cadvance research and graduate education in electric power systems and strengthen industry ties.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--link-block\" id=\"partners\">\n\t<div class=\"link-block\">\n\t\t<h2>Our partners and industry members<\/h2>\n\t\t<div class=\"link-set\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/agrivoltaics.research.iastate.edu\/\" class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAgrivoltaics<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alliantenergy.com\/\" class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlliant Energy<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfu.net\/\" class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCedar Falls Utilities<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciras.iastate.edu\" class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCenter for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS)<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cipco.net\/\" class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCentral Iowa Power Cooperative (CIPCO)<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofames.org\/\" class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCity of Ames<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbpower.coop\/\" class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCorn Belt Power Cooperative<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dairylandpower.com\/\" class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDairyland Power Cooperative<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itc-holdings.com\/\" class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInternational Transmission Company Holdings<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.midamericanenergy.com\/home\" class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMidAmerican Energy<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.misoenergy.org\/\" class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMidContinent Independent System Operator<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nipco.coop\/\" class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNorthwest Iowa Power Cooperative (NIPCO)<span 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