Press Release

FARMINGTON, Minn. (Dec. 19, 2008) — Dakota Electric Association named Cheerful Givers, Eagan, as the local 2008 Touchstone Energy Community Award winner. Dakota Woodlands, Eagan, and Hope for Tomorrow, Burnsville, were named runners-up, and each of the three applicants received a plaque and a check for $500.“As a member-owned cooperative, Dakota Electric values the local community,” [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (Nov. 19, 2008) — As Buck Hill Ski Area in Burnsville prepares for a busy ski season, it is also taking steps to ensure that its energy use is green. Buck Hill – which uses 100 percent wind energy from Dakota Electric Association’s Wellspring Renewable Wind Energy® program to power everything from chair lifts [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (Oct. 22, 2008) — Dakota Electric Association recently awarded John Berendt, Randolph Township supervisor, the 2008 Township Leader of the Year Award.Berendt has been the Randolph Township supervisor since 1979. He has worked hard for the township in those 30 years. Berendt has helped develop all ordinances and lead the township as it has [...]

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FARMINGTON, Minn. (Aug. 6, 2008) — The compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb is in the business of saving money because every CFL provides more light for less money than a standard incandescent light bulbDakota Electric Association, along with its power supplier Great River Energy, is helping its members save on the purchase price of these energy-saving [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (Aug. 1, 2008) — More than 9,000 Dakota Electric Association members and their families attended the Eleventh Annual Member Appreciation Event on July 31 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. During the event, zoo admission is free to all who purchase electricity from the cooperative.“It's our way of saying ‘thanks' to our member-owners” president and [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (July 14, 2008) —Thursday's thunderstorms hit Dakota Electric Association members hard with 70-mile-an-hour winds and a tornado touchdown near Vermillion that cut a six-mile long path through rural Dakota County.High winds knocked down trees and damaged buildings and homes while hail destroyed acres of crops. Miles of utility transmission and distribution lines were damaged [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (June 11, 2008) — Energy Alternatives, a for-profit subsidiary of Dakota Electric Association, recently signed contracts to install its 129th project of utility peak-shaving and backup generation, bringing the company's total installations to 200,000 kilowatts (kW).The milestone-reaching project for Energy Alternatives is an 800-kW backup generator installation for Target Corporation's new Waconia, MN. store. [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (June 6, 2008) — Seventeen area high school students and 13 Dakota County Technical students were awarded scholarships for their continuing education from Dakota Electric Association, Farmington. The donation to local students totaled $24,600 and includes money for Inver Hills Community College students who will be named in the fall.Dakota Electric has donated $439,295 [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (April 4, 2008) — Dakota Electric Association members and employees will join people from electric cooperatives around Minnesota who will work together at state parks, planting trees, brushing trails, building picnic shelters, removing exotic species and much more as part of Touchstone Energy Cooperatives' project GreenTouch on May 3.Dakota Electric Association members and employees [...]