Dakota Cares committee members (L-R): Wendy Apitz, Dave Reinke, Kaitlyn Simon, Corey Willert, Cherry Jordan, Bernie Kolnberger, Susan Strong and Tom Riste (not pictured: Mel Belschner). Dakota Electric Association and its employees have raised $30,566 for charities through its employee-led program called Dakota Cares. Each year, Dakota Electric’s employees hold a variety of fundraising [...]
Military Family Support Group, BrainPower in a BackPack and Caring Hearts in Action are named runners up Farmington's Rogue Robotics team won the 2019 Touchstone Energy Community Award. Here is the team pictured with coach Spencer Elvebak and Dakota Electric directors (L-R) Janet Lekson, Margaret Schreiner, Paul Bakken and Jack DeYoe. Dakota Electric Association [...]
Looking ahead Wishing you all a Happy New Year! It is a new year, and that means new resolutions. Whether you are looking to make informed energy decisions or you want to stay current on co-op news, check out the latest edition of Circuits. Smart meter update Last fall, [...]
Rogue Robotics wins 2019 Touchstone Energy Community Award Farmington High School Senior Nicole Cash is Rogue Robotics’ PR representative. Cash applied for the 2019 Touchstone Energy Community Award. Heather Orser watches closely as Rogue Robotics team member, Ella Kreger, solders electrical components for the team’s third customized [...]
Rate case update Dakota Electric submitted a general rate case petition to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) on Sept. 19, 2019, requesting an overall annual revenue increase of about $8.7 million or 4.3%. On Nov. 25, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) James LaFave, with the Office of Administrative Hearings, held a prehearing conference [...]
Dakota Cares Committee (L-R): Wendy Apitz, Dave Reinke, Kaitlyn Simon, Corey Willert, Cherry Jordan, Bernie Kolnberger, Susan Strong and Tom Riste. Not pictured: Mel Belschner. Last year, Dakota Electric and its employees held a variety of fundraising events and a pledge drive to raise $30,566 for three charities: United Way ($7,486), Community [...]
Dakota Electric will send five local high school juniors or seniors on an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., June 20-25 as part of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s (NRECA) Youth Tour. Sponsored by the nation’s electric cooperatives since 1958, the NRECA Youth Tour is designed to build leadership skills while educating young people [...]
Dakota Electric Association recently awarded Elizabeth Wheeler, Waterford Township, the Outstanding Township Leader of the Year award. Each year, Dakota Electric seeks to recognize outstanding leadership with the award, and Dakota Electric directors Janet Lekson and Margaret Schreiner attended the Dakota County Township Officers Association meeting to present the award to Wheeler. "I was surprised [...]
Holiday lighting technology over the years Contact our Energy Experts® The tradition of stringing electric lights during the holidays may have started in America, but it is now a global phenomenon used for all kinds of winter festivities. The evolution of holiday lights parallels that of the light bulb, [...]
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