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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]