WILLMAR—The Willmar Municipal Utilities Commission on Nov. 13 approved continuing a $760,000 agreement with DGR Engineering to create additional generation capacity in Willmar with the installation of four more diesel generators and also took action to invest in additional transmission projects.

The separate actions were each recommended by the Municipal Utilities’ planning committee.

Generation

According to the minutes from the Oct. 30 planning committee meeting, the Municipal Utilities Commission in 2016 approved a goal to cover 25% of Willmar’s electrical load with local generation and the existing diesel generation covers 20% of Willmar’s load.

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