Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative Employee Directory
UtilitiesIowa, United States11-50 Employees
Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative is a generation and transmission electric cooperative that provides wholesale power to seven distribution cooperatives serving western Iowa across about 6,500 square miles. These distribution cooperatives deliver retail electricity to more than 30,000 members and consumers. NIPCO operates over 900 miles of 69kV transmission lines and maintains 80 distribution substations. Incorporated in 1949 and headquartered in Le Mars, Iowa, the cooperative is part of the Touchstone Energy network and is a member of Basin Electric Power Cooperative. In May 2026, NIPCO International experienced a transmission-level outage that was detected by its protection system on the L3 to Sioux City transmission line.