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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...

Vortex Cold Storage moves forward in Albert Lea

by | Jan 22, 2021

Site selected and construction to break ground this spring Jan. 21, 2021 - Albert Lea, MN - JCW Development, LLC, a nation-wide real estate and property development company, announced Albert Lea, Minn., has been selected as the future home for Vortex Cold Storage,...

Electric Cooperatives Create CHARGE EV

by | Dec 18, 2020

Regional electric vehicle charging network will alleviate range anxiety, encourage EV adoption Dec. 16, 2020 – A group of 29 electric co-ops has created a regional electric vehicle (EV) charging network across Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota named CHARGE EV,...

Stearns Electric employees load cars for Catholic Charities/Toys for Tots

by | Dec 17, 2020

As part of Stearns Electric Association’s ‘My Co-op Cares’ community involvement program, Cooperative employee volunteers spent the morning of December 15 at Catholic Charities in St.Cloud, loading vehicles with gifts as part of the Marine’s Toys for Tots holiday gift...