Public Utility Scale Big Rivers is a member-owned, not-for-profit generation and transmission cooperative serving over 120,000 retail customers across 22 western Kentucky counties. This positions them as a sizable wholesale electricity buyer with a focus on low-cost, reliable power and shared services, presenting opportunities for energy efficiency programs, demand response, and bundled service offerings.

Leadership Transition Recent leadership changes, including the appointment of a new president and CEO in late 2023, indicate a period of strategic renewal. This can be a favorable window for introducing strategic partnerships, modernization initiatives, or executive-level conversations about transformative technology, cybersecurity, and governance enhancements.

Safety and Compliance The organization emphasizes safety and has earned multiple Governor’s Health and Safety awards as well as the KEMI Destiny Award for workplace safety. This suggests receptivity to solutions that improve operational safety, incident analytics, workforce training, regulatory compliance, and risk management.

Strategic Relocation and Growth Relocation of headquarters and Transmission Operations Center to Owensboro, with a new regional footprint, signals potential needs for scalable IT infrastructure, data center modernization, cloud adoption, and support services to sustain growth and reliability across their member cooperatives.

Technology Stack and Partners Utilizes Google Cloud, Microsoft ASP.NET, and other web technologies, indicating openness to cloud-based modernization, integration services, cybersecurity, data analytics, and developer tooling. There are opportunities to offer cloud migration optimization, application modernization, and developer enablement services to support wholesale and member-owner operations.