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Pete Lundell named Dakota Spirit of Excellence Award winner Pictured (L-R): Rosemount fire chief Richard Schroeder; award winner Pete Lundell and Dakota Electric board chair Gerald (Jerry) Pittman.  Rosemount fire fighter Pete Lundell accepted the Dakota Spirit of Excellence Award Thursday, Oct. 10 at a ceremony at the fire [...]

Rate Case update Dakota Electric submitted a general rate case petition to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on Sept. 19, 2019, requesting an overall annual revenue increase of about 4.3% or $8.7 million. The filing includes an interim increase while our general rate case is being reviewed. A 3.0% increase will apply to [...]

Dakota Electric’s land use manager Craig Knudsen, and Tom Lewanski, Dakota County’s natural resources manager, worked together to have an osprey nest installed in Whitetail Woods Regional Park. The nest sits on top of a hill overlooking Empire Lake. Thank you to Dakota Electric crew Kurt Bechel, Travis Freese, Alex McCutcheon and Cole McWaters. FIND [...]

Affordable energy-efficient upgrades for income-eligible members Household Size Annual Income Three Month Income 1 $ 24,980 $ 6,245 2 $ 33,820 $ 8,455 3 $ 42,660 $ 10,665 4 $ 51,500 $ 12,875 5 $ 60,340 $ 15,085 6 $ 69,180 $ 17,295 7 $ 78,020 $ 19,505 8 $ 86,860 $ [...]

Download our outage app 1. Download and install the free outage app by visiting the App Store or Google Play on your mobile device and search for “Dakota Electric” (made by MTS Systems). 2. Once installed, you must request a code by calling 651-463-6212 or submitting a form online. The code is specific [...]

Wall Street Journal features Dakota Electric members Tim Gruber, contracted by the Wall Street Journal, photographs Dakota Electric CEO Greg Miller and members Dick and Jane Nielson. South of Farmington sits 15 acres of farmland producing enough energy to power around 600 homes. The land, owned by Dakota Electric members Dick [...]

Dakota Electric plans to file a rate case Dakota Electric plans to file a rate case with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) seeking permission to increase overall electric utility revenue by about 4.3%. Review process The Minnesota Department of Commerce – Division of Energy Resources and the MPUC will review Dakota [...]

Q&A – Featuring Logan Tryba To make it on time for our interview, Logan Tryba had to skip cross country practice at Hastings Middle School. He told us about the hour of homework that was assigned to him earlier in the day. And that was “only for accelerated math,” he said. [...]

Into the Future Dakota Electric’s Dave Reinke and next generation co-op member, Logan Tryba, charging into the future of the energy industry. It can be easy to forget just how different Dakota Electric really is from other energy companies. I suppose that’s true in any industry — over time, the exceptional starts [...]