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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...

Wright-Hennepin warns area residents of efforts to impersonate employees

by atomic-noc | Dec 31, 2019

Rockford, MN (December 30, 2019) — Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association’s (WH) is warning area residents that one or two unknown persons are reportedly impersonating WH employees in a possible effort to collect information about local homes and...

New solar generating site in MiEnergy

by atomic-noc | Dec 11, 2019

New solar generating site in MiEnergy’s service territory A utility-scale solar generation site is now online and producing renewable energy in MiEnergy Cooperative’s service territory. The Madison Solar Site is a 1.5-megawatt solar energy array owned and operated by...

Co-op hosts mini session for legislators

by atomic-noc | Oct 22, 2019

MiEnergy Coop hosted two field hearings on October 3 as part of the Minnesota House of Representatives' three-day mini session in southeastern Minnesota. The cooperative provided testimony on disaster relief and broadband funding for the Greater Minnesota Jobs and...