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Dakota Electric members to receive more renewable energy from solar facility
Dakota Electric Association members will soon receive electricity from a new 1-megawatt solar facility built specifically for the cooperative’s member-owners. Dakota Electric’s board of directors, along with Great River Energy and SoCore Energy personnel, held [...]
Kangaroos and wallabies added to the fun at the MN Zoo during Dakota Electric’s Member Appreciation Event
The Rosemount High School Marching Band performed at the Member Appreciation Event. Dakota Electric Association had a total of 6,756 people attend the company’s 20th annual Member Appreciation Event at the Minnesota Zoo [...]
Dakota Electric provides members free night at zoo
Dakota Electric Association members and their families should mark the date for the twentieth-annual Member Appreciation Event on July 27 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. During the event, Dakota Electric provides complimentary admission to [...]
Local students return from Washington D.C. trip
Dakota Electric’s Youth Tour students pose for a picture while in Washington D.C. (L-R): William Barnes, Kelsey Shaw, Emma Anderson, Holly Anderson and Kyle Ringley. Five area high school students, sponsored by Dakota [...]
Dakota County Commissioners visit Dakota Electric
Dakota Electric board members pose with Dakota County commissioners (L-R): Board Chair Jim Sheldon; Board Member Margaret Schreiner; Commissioner Joe Atkins; Board Vice Chair Jerry Pittman; Commissioner Kathleen Gaylord; Commissioner Mike Slavik (chair); Commissioner [...]
Dakota Electric celebrates Pollinator Week
Honey Bee collecting pollen on yellow rape flower. Less than one percent of Minnesota’s original prairie habitat exists today, and that is having an impact on bees and other pollinator populations. The decline [...]
