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2023 Miss America discusses benefits of nuclear energy at the Minnesota Rural Electric Association’s 84th annual meeting

Keynote speaker Grace Stanke, nuclear engineer and 2023 Miss America, spoke about nuclear energy being a misunderstood resource at the Minnesota Rural Electric Association’s (MREA) 84th annual meeting with the theme “Energizing Connections, Empowering Communities.”...

Minnesota Nuclear Energy Alliance (MNEA) Calls for End to Nuclear Moratorium to Secure Clean Energy Future

A diverse coalition of Minnesota businesses, utilities, labor unions, and environmental advocates is calling on state lawmakers to lift Minnesota’s 30-year-old moratorium on new nuclear power development. The Minnesota Nuclear Energy Alliance (MNEA) asserts that...

Latest Report Shows Minnesota’s Electric Grid at High Risk of Power Shortages

The latest report from the organization monitoring the grid’s reliability warns of potential electricity shortages. The Minnesota Rural Electric Association is highlighting the latest report by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) that identifies...

Wright-Hennepin hosts ice cream trucks at local daycares

by | Sep 25, 2020

Rockford, MN — Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association (WH) recently hosted ice cream trucks at four local daycares on September 15, 17 and 18 to support the community in lieu of other cancelled community events throughout the summer. Sugar Mama’s ice cream...

Suståne chooses 100 percent renewable energy for facilities

by | Sep 15, 2020

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 that its Cannon Falls facilities’ electricity requirements are now...

Operation Round Up® program achieves $2.5 million millestone

by | Aug 6, 2020

For more information contact:Whitney Ditlevson, Communications and Marketing Supervisorwditlevson@stearnselectric.org(800) 962-0655 | direct (320) 433-4895 Melrose, Minn. - Stearns Electric’s Operation Round Up® Program achieved a major milestone in 2020 byawarding a...