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Due to continued hot weather and recent storms, Dakota Electric Association is asking its members to conserve electricity today. Please voluntarily conserve energy use today between noon and 10 p.m. This is not an energy emergency, and people do not need to turn off air conditioning. Dakota Electric and its power supplier, Great River Energy, are [...]

Five students from local high schools in and around Dakota Electric Association’s service territory recently returned from a trip-of-a-lifetime to Washington D.C. Dakota Electric’s students joined more than 1,500 students from across the nation (35 total from Minnesota) for the 48th annual National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) Rural Electric Youth Tour held June 11-16. Dakota [...]

Dakota Electric Association donated more than 7,400 tree seedlings this spring, as it wraps up a full schedule of assisting with community plantings and environmental events throughout its service territory. Each spring, Dakota Electric participates in a variety of Arbor Day and environmental events by donating seedlings and providing educational information and assistance. Part of Dakota [...]

More than 110 Dakota Electric Association members volunteered their time on May 7 to clear brush at the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Bloomington as part of the twelfth annual, state-wide, Touchstone Energy GreenTouch day. Local electric cooperatives around the state of Minnesota helped organize 545 volunteers who worked more than 1,800 hours — armed [...]

Dakota Electric Association and its wholesale power supplier, Great River Energy, are seeking teachers interested in receiving tools to make energy education part of their curriculum. Through hands-on activities and class discussions, K-12 teachers will learn how to enhance students' understanding of what energy is, where it comes from, and how it affects their lives when [...]

Dakota Electric Association and its wholesale power supplier, Great River Energy, are seeking teachers interested in receiving tools to make energy education part of their curriculum. Through hands-on activities and class discussions, K-12 teachers will learn how to enhance students' understanding of what energy is, where it comes from, and how it affects their lives when [...]

Results from Dakota Elections recent election for directors are as follows:  District 1  Ron Swagger*  4,000  David Jones  3,217  Ruthe Batulis  2,043  District 2  Janet Lekson*  4,517  Jerry Hansen  2,688  Timothy Keegan  1,946  District 3  Margaret Schreiner*  6,636  Candidate withdrew  District 4  Paul Bakken*  1,772  Jerry Brown  1,539  Joan Volz  1,489  Leo Nicolai  1,120  Buzz Anderson [...]

Five local high school students were recently selected to receive an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., sponsored by Dakota Electric Association. The winners are Lisa Beard and Mary Gao, both of Rosemount High School; Clint Birtzer, Rosemount, is home schooled; Matthew Hardegger, Burnsville High School and Casey Casella, Eagan High School. Nicole Fairchild, Burnsville High School [...]

Beeta Riahi, a 2010 Burnsville High School graduate, recently returned from Orlando, Fla., where she served on the Youth Leadership Council (YLC) of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) during its 69th Annual Meeting, March 7-9, 2011. Riahi, sponsored by Dakota Electric Association, represented Minnesota on the YLC, a national leadership group formed by NRECA [...]

Dakota Electric Association distributed $30,330 in 2010 through its Helping Neighbors® program to the Community Action Program, The Salvation Army and 360 Communities for local energy assistance. In 2010, Dakota Electric members donated nearly $1,000 more than the previous year. The extra money is welcomed by the agencies, as requests for assistance remain high. “This money [...]