About MHUG

Board & Committees

Board Members President: Rory AlsbergEmail: [email protected] Vice President: Whitney HansenEmail: [email protected] Treasurer: Rob VyvyanEmail: [email protected] Secretary: Darrin JohnsonEmail: [email protected] Matt RadzakEmail: [email protected] Ryan GrondinEmail: [email protected] Ben NiffeneggerEmail: [email protected] Committees Operations & Maintenance Co-Chair: Dan RiceEmail: [email protected] Statement: Ensure the safety and health of all personnel, encourage the talent of all personnel, implement improvements that will reduce cost and risk, conserve energy and resources by ensuring maximum operating efficiency, […]

Industry Links

Want more information on hydropower? Check out these links to our friends in the industry. National Hydropower Association FERC Midwest Energy News Association of State Dam Safety Officials

Member Companies

OWNERS AGENCIES, ASSOCIATIONS, & EDUCATION ENGINEERS & CONSULTANTS CONTRACTORS & SUPPLIERS

Midwest Hydro

Did you Know? Fun facts about hydropower in the Midwest: Home to Hydropower The World’s first hydroelectric power plant was built on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin.  In 1882 the Appleton Edison Light Company began generating electricity to power the home of a prominent paper mill owner. The Largest Source of Clean Energy Hydropower […]

Our History

These licensees decided to meet periodically to discuss the steps needed and to determine if some cooperation with joint licensing studies, other licensee training or meetings might be appropriate. At that time and into 1991, these meetings had no formal organization, no Board of Directors, no membership fees (only fees to recover meeting costs) and […]

Our Mission

MHUG is a non-profit volunteer organization comprised of dam owners, hydroelectric plant operators, developers, consultants, contractors, and suppliers.  We are over 100 members strong and growing. Annually, Spring and Fall conferences are held with one more centrally located and one at an area of interest in the Midwest.   A wide range of subjects are […]