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Minnesota Electric Cooperatives Secure Over $22 Million in Broadband Grants

Minnesota's electric cooperatives have been awarded more than $22 million in Round 10 of the Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant Program, administered by the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). These grants will allow cooperatives to...

Minnesota electric co-ops send lineworkers to aid power restoration after hurricane

In a shining example of cooperative spirit at the start of Cooperative Month, 18 of Minnesota’s electric cooperatives sent 80 lineworkers to help restore power after Hurricane Helene caused outages to more than 1.25 million cooperative members in the southeastern...

MREA’S ENERGY ISSUES SUMMIT TACKLES CHALLENGES OF ENERGY TRANSITION & INNOVATION

The Minnesota Rural Electric Association (MREA) hosted its annual Energy Issues Summit on August 7-8 in Bloomington, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers and cooperative members to discuss the evolving landscape of energy. This year’s event focused on key...

Operation Round Up® contributes $60,750 to 20 area food shelves, 51 local organizations

by | Apr 7, 2021

Melrose, Minn. - Stearns Electric’s Operation Round Up® Program contributed $60,750 to 71 area organizations in March, including $2,000 each to 20 area food shelves. Through the Operation Round Up® program, Stearns Electric Association gives its member-consumers the...

MN Electric Cooperatives Applaud the Reintroduction of Rural Utilities Service Loan Repricing Bill

by | Mar 26, 2021

Nationwide, legislation led by Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith could save electric co-ops and the member-consumers they serve $10 billion. (MAPLE GROVE, MINN) – On Thursday, March 25, a bipartisan group of congressional leaders reintroduced the Flexible Financing for Rural...

Leadership Changes at North Star Electric Cooperative

by | Mar 25, 2021

After a 43-year cooperative career, North Star Electric’s Ann Ellis recently retired. Four decades ago, Ellis was hired as an office assistant at the co-op, learning the ropes of the energy industry, finance and member service. Ellis was promoted to billing...