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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...

Brooks Lake Substation now energized

by atomic-noc | Feb 13, 2020

Rockford, MN (February 12, 2020) — As part of ongoing efforts to ensure electric reliability, Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association (WH) recently energized its newest substation in Cokato, Minn. Substations such as the new Brooks Lake Substation are used to...

MiEnergy Cooperative partnership receives award totaling $5.4 million for rural high-speed broadband

by | Feb 13, 2020

ReConnect Program’s loan-grant combination to connect 577 households Cresco, IA | Rushford, MN (11:30 a.m. Jan. 17, 2020)— U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky announced Harmony Telephone Company as a recipient of a Reconnect...

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...