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Minnesota Electric Cooperatives Offer Winter Heating Tips for Consumers
Electric cooperatives prioritize reliable and affordable electricity with fuel diversity (MAPLE GROVE, MINN.) – Minnesotans are no strangers to below-freezing temperatures. As concerns about high...
Todd Wadena Electric Cooperative employees Jamie Line and Tyler Fisher receive MREA’s LIFEguard award
Minnesota Rural Electric Association recognizes Jamie Line and Tyler Fisher of Todd Wadena Electric Cooperative with a LIFEGuard Award. In addition to their jobs at the electric...
Minnesota’s Electric Cooperatives Lead Statewide Initiatives for Consumers
October is National Cooperative Month, a proclamation that first originated in Minnesota in 1948. Celebrated by cooperatives nationwide during October, National Co-op Month is an annual opportunity...
MREA Hosts Energy Issues Summit for Electric Cooperatives
From beneficial electrification to diversifying power generation sources, the energy industry is facing extraordinary change. Minnesota’s electric cooperatives are proactively engaging in solutions...
Suståne chooses 100 percent renewable energy for facilities
FARMINGTON, Minn. (Sept. 14, 2020) — Suståne Natural Fertilizer, a leading manufacturer-exporter of renewable, organic and natural slow release fertilizers and plant/soil amendments, announced today...
How the ECO Act can lower energy bills and put people back to work
By Gary A. Swanson | 07/10/2020 Originally published in MINNPOST When our state Legislature adjourned from a special session nearly a month ago, lawmakers again left several important issues...
Kilen Woods spruced up by GreenTouch volunteers
Volunteers added their GreenTouch to Kilen Woods State Park near Lakefield May 4. Sponsored by Federated Rural Electric in Jackson, 11 volunteers and two park employees helped spruce up Kilen Woods. “The overnight rain affected turnout, but our hardy volunteers sure...
Federated Rural Electric coordinates GreenTouch spruce-up day at Kilen Woods
— Federated Rural Electric in Jackson, your local Touchstone Energy Cooperative, will sponsor a clean-up day at Kilen Woods State Park, north of Lakefield. The spring clean-up day is set for Saturday, May 4, when electric cooperative employees, customers and the...
McLeod County United Way wins Minnesota Touchstone Energy Community Award
United Way of McLeod County was named winner of the 2024 Minnesota’s Touchstone Energy Community Award as part of the Minnesota Rural Electric Association’s Annual Meeting that was held on March 20. This year’s winner was nominated by McLeod Cooperative Power,...