Press Release

Dakota Electric Association distributed $27,555 in 2011 through its Helping Neighbors® program to the Community Action Program, The Salvation Army and 360 Communities for local energy assistance. In 2011, giving was down approximately $2,700 from the previous year. “This money is available because of our members’ generous donations to the Helping Neighbors program,” Greg Miller, Dakota [...]

The Minnesota Department of Commerce issued a consumer alert recently, encouraging Minnesota homeowners to think twice before installing radiant barriers in their attics. The Department's Division of Energy Resources (DER) has received reports of salespeople pitching radiant barrier products in flyers and at free dinners throughout Minnesota. The Commerce Department wants all local consumers to know [...]

Dakota Electric Association will celebrate 75 years of service to its members at its Annual Meeting on Thursday, April 12, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church social hall at 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington (next to Dakota Electric’s office). The meeting begins at 7 p.m.; doors open at 6 p.m., and refreshments will be served before the meeting. [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (2:15 p.m., Feb. 29, 2012) — UPDATE: All power has been restored on our system. Thank you to everyone for their patience.   Previous release: Outages reduced to approximately 200 FARMINGTON, Minn. (12 p.m., Feb. 29, 2012) — Dakota Electric Association crews have been working to restore power since the overnight storm consisting of [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (8:30 a.m., Feb. 29, 2012) —  As of 8:30 a.m., Dakota Electric Association had less than 2,000 scattered outages as a result of the rain and ice storm that traveled through Dakota County yesterday.   Most of the outages are in the western Lakeville, Burnsville and Apple Valley areas, generally along the I-35 corridor. [...]

Dakota Electric sponsors this award: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mark Jacobs, Dakota Scott Workforce Investment Board Director, 651-554-5622 Jeff McCormick, McCormick Computer Resale, Inc., Apple Valley received an Excellence in Youth Employment Services Award at the Dakota-Scott Workforce Investment Board’s (WIB) annual legislative and awards event held Dec. 16 at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. The [...]

Angel Foundation, Cheerful Givers & Kids ‘n Kinship named runners-up Dakota Electric Association named Majestic Hills Ranch, Lakeville, as the local 2011 Touchstone Energy Community Award winner. Angel Foundation, Minneapolis, Cheerful Givers, Eagan, and Kids ‘n Kinship, Apple Valley, were named runners-up, and each of the four applicants received a plaque and a check for $500. [...]

The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) in Minnesota recognized Dakota Electric Association’s community involvement efforts by naming it the Outstanding Philanthropic Organization for 2011. Professionals in the community who recognized the cooperative’s generosity over the years nominated Dakota Electric for this award. As a not-for-profit cooperative, Dakota Electric takes the seventh cooperative principle seriously as it [...]

Dakota Electric Association recently awarded Maralee Rother, Castle Rock, the Township Leader of the Year award. Each year, Dakota Electric seeks to recognize outstanding leadership with the award, and Dakota Electric Director Margaret Schreiner presented the award to Rother at a recent Dakota County Township Officers Association meeting. Rother has been the secretary-treasurer of the Dakota [...]

Clint Birtzer of Rosemount recently won the Jay York Scholarship for $300 given by Nobles Cooperative Electric, Worthington. He was one of five students Dakota Electric Association sponsored to attend the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s (NRECA) Youth Tour in Washington, D.C. this summer. He was one of four selected from Minnesota for the York Scholarship. [...]