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Dakota Electric, along with its wholesale power supplier Great River Energy, is in the process of installing a 20-kW solar array in Farmington. Construction on the project, located at the southeast corner of Highway 50 and Denmark Avenue, is scheduled to be completed this month. “We are happy to have this solar project installed in our [...]

Five area high school students, sponsored by Dakota Electric Association, recently returned from a Washington D.C. trip-of-a-lifetime. Dakota Electric’s students joined more than 1,600 students from across the nation (38 total from Minnesota) for the 50th annual National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) Rural Electric Youth Tour held June 13-19. Dakota Electric Association awarded the students [...]

DataBank, from Dallas, Texas, has decided to locate a new data center facility in the former Taystee Bakery distribution center in Eagan. The 88,000-square-foot data center will be what is known as a “colocation facility” and multi-tenant “Carrier Hotel.” It will provide an entry-point for multiple telecommunications providers and carriers to connect from other cities, while [...]

One-hundred and four area high school students received scholarships this spring for their post-secondary education from Dakota Electric Association. Others receiving part of the $160,000 unclaimed capital credits this year are students at Inver Hills Community College and Dakota County Technical College who will receive their scholarships in the fall. Dakota Electric has donated $859,495 since [...]

Dakota Electric Association donated more than 5,100 tree seedlings this spring, as it wraps up a full schedule of assisting with community plantings and environmental events throughout its service territory. Each year, Dakota Electric participates in a variety of Arbor Day and environmental events by donating seedlings and providing educational information and assistance. This year, Dakota [...]

Dakota Electric Association’s President and CEO Greg Miller met Wednesday morning with EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. McCarthy made a stop at the City of Burnsville, Minnesota, as she has been visiting city and business leaders in preparation for the EPA’s roll out of new rules regarding carbon emissions. Miller spoke with Administrator McCarthy about the proactive [...]

Approximately 100 Dakota Electric Association members volunteered their time on May 3 at Lebanon Hills Regional Park in Eagan as part of the 15th annual, state-wide, Touchstone Energy GreenTouch day. The volunteers did strenuous work and helped get the park ready for the summer season. A large group covered the play area with fresh wood chips, [...]

Celeste Kogl, a physics teacher at Farmington High School, has completed a rigorous 12-credit course through Hamline University’s Graduate School of Education’s continuing studies program and the CREED (Center for Renewable Energy Education and Demonstration) Project. “The quantity of material paired with the opportunities to witness the topics firsthand through experimentation and exploration would not be [...]

Dakota Electric Association recently hosted a commercial member meeting on the topic of cyber security. Lizabeth Lehrkamp, special agent (SA) with FBI cyber security, discussed the various threats businesses — and even the nation — face and how to protect against such attacks. Marc Child, information security program manager from Dakota Electric’s wholesale power supplier, Great [...]

Communication with member owners, outstanding reliability even with a tough winter and solar initiatives were a few of the topics discussed at Dakota Electric Association’s annual meeting, held in the social hall at St. Michael’s in Farmington on April 24. President and CEO Greg Miller discussed challenges faced while trying to provide affordable, reliable electricity. Regarding [...]