The Empire District Electric Company
Empire District Electric (EDE) has the sovereign authority to light up its territory. The utility transmits and distributes electricity to a population base of more than 450,000 (or about 215,000 direct customers) in southwestern Missouri and adjacent areas of Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma. It also supplies water to three Missouri towns and natural gas throughout most of the state. EDE's interests in fossil-fueled and hydroelectric power plants give it a generating capacity of 1,257 MW; it also buys and sells power on the wholesale market. In addition, the company is pursuing nonregulated opportunities such as leasing capacity on its fiber-optic network.
Contact Details
Office Address
The Empire District Electric Company
602 Joplin St.
Joplin, MO, Uk 64801
Phone: (417) 625-5100
Fax: (417) 625-5146
Executives
Chairman
D. Randy Laney
President, CEO, and Director
William L. (Bill) Gipson