Press Release

The Dakota-Scott Workforce Development Board has named Dakota Electric Association one of the Employers of Excellence for the third year in a row. Dakota Electric, along with three other mid-sized businesses and eight other small and large employers, was chosen for several reasons including employee retention, compensation and rate of growth, among other things. Dakota [...]

Dakota Electric Association and CoBank presented Jeff Mortensen (center) and Laurie Bolin (2nd from left) of 360 Communities with a $10,000 donation. CoBank’s Cliff Bolstad (2nd from right) and representatives of Dakota Electric’s Board of Directors are pictured (L-R): Margaret Schreiner, Paul Bakken, Jack DeYoe and Janet Lekson. Dakota Electric Association, along with CoBank, [...]

Dakota Electric’s Youth Tour students pose for a picture in front of the capitol building while in Washington D.C. (L-R): Davin Blix, Sanjana Molleti, Sarah Zipf, Emma Veldhuis and Nils Peterson. 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 [...]

Dakota Electric Association had 5,833 people attend the company’s 22nd annual Member Appreciation Event at the Minnesota Zoo on July 25. During the event, zoo admission was free to all Dakota Electric members and their families. A llama poses for a selfie with a couple at Llama Trek. A child greets LED Lucy [...]

Board Chair Jerry Pittman welcomes the group to the solar ribbon cutting event. People rode the electric school bus to the solar dedication near Randolph. CEO Greg Miller speaks during the solar ribbon cutting ceremony. The board cuts the ribbon at Dakota Electric's third solar site. (L-R): Board Chair [...]

Dakota Electric Association members and their families should mark the date for the twenty-second-annual Member Appreciation Event on July 25 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. During the event, Dakota Electric provides complimentary admission to the Minnesota Zoo for those who purchase electricity from the cooperative. Tickets to the event are being included in electric bills, [...]

One-hundred 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 $1,659,495 since 1990 to [...]

Youth baseball players have an opportunity to learn baseball from staff at the Minnesota Twins organization during their visit to Farmington on May 18. Boys and girls from the ages of 6 to 13 can participate in the 2019 Play Ball! Minnesota Youth Clinic, which teaches basic fundamentals including hitting, fielding and throwing. No registration is [...]