On June 20, the Wyoming Municipal Power Agency announced Executive Director Rosemary Henry was honored by being elected and installed to the board of directors for the American Public Power Association (APPA). She will be representing Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming with her service to the board. 

Henry began her career with the Wyoming Municipal Power Agency in 1998 as the Operations Manager. She was promoted to the executive director position in 2017. She serves on the board of directors for the Colorado River Energy Distributor’s Association (CREDA) as chairman and for the Western States Power Corporation as secretary. She also is the management representative for the Wyoming Municipal Power Agency Class A membership with Basin Electric Power Cooperative. In past years, she served on the Engineering and Operations Committee for the Missouri Basin Power Project for 20 years and the Management Committee for four years as well as the Rocky Mountain Reserve Group Operations Committee for 20 years.

The board of directors for the Wyoming Municipal Power Agency strongly supports Henry’s accolades and is extremely proud of her accomplishments over the years.

Wyoming Municipal Power Agency (WMPA) was formed by the municipalities of Cody, Fort Laramie, Lingle, Guernsey, Lusk, Pine Bluffs, Powell and Wheatland to provide electricity to each community.  WMPA is a not-for-profit entity that is formed under the joint powers board authority in the State of Wyoming. WMPA is governed by a board of directors consisting of one representative from each member community. WMPA provides electricity to approximately 24,000 Wyomingites. Learn more at wmpa.org.    

The American Public Power Association is the voice of not-for-profit, community-owned utilities that power 2,000 towns and cities nationwide. The association represents public power before the federal government to protect the interests of the more than 49 million people that public power utilities serve, and the 96,000 people they employ. APPA advocates and advises on electricity policy, technology, trends, training and operations. Learn more at publicpower.org. 

CREDA is a non-profit organization established in 1978 to represent CRSP customers “to preserve and enhance the availability, affordability, and value of Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) facilities while promoting responsible stewardship of the Colorado River System. CREDA members are all non-profit entities that serve over 4 million consumers in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.  

Western States Power Corporation is comprised of 23 utilities and is a not-for-profit corporation developed to investigate opportunities for non-federal activities related to federal hydroelectric systems, transmission, planning and administration with the specific goals of stabilizing power rates, preserving reliability, improving operating efficiencies and communications with Western Area Power Administration, Bureau of Reclamation, and the U.S. Army Corps. Of Engineers.

Basin Electric is a consumer-owned, regional cooperative headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota. It generates and transmits electricity to 141 member rural electric systems in nine states: Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. These member systems distribute electricity to about 3 million consumers. Learn more at basinelectric.com