Press Release

Dakota Electric Association recently awarded $10,000 from unclaimed capital credits to go to specific needs at three different school districts and Inver Hills Community College. Hastings, Inver Grove Heights and South St. Paul school districts and Inver Hills Community College were recipients of the donations and attended a recent Dakota Electric board meeting to receive the [...]

River Valley Band of Hastings and Eagan Art Festival named runners-up Dakota Electric Association named Kids ‘n Kinship, Apple Valley, as the local 2016 Touchstone Energy Community Award winner. River Valley Band of Hastings and Eagan Art Festival were named runners-up, and each of the non-profits received a plaque and a check for $500. “Dakota Electric [...]

Dakota Electric Association recently presented Thomson Reuters with a $60,000 energy incentive check for selecting high-efficiency components while upgrading equipment in their datacenter. Dakota Electric provides rebates for businesses of all sizes, and for all types of energy efficient upgrades, and so far this year, Dakota Electric has awarded more than $1.6 million dollars to local [...]

Dakota Electric Association recently awarded Jeff Reed, Hampton, the Outstanding Leader of the Year award. Each year, Dakota Electric seeks to recognize outstanding leadership with the award, and Dakota Electric Director Judy Kimmes attended a recent Dakota County Township Officers Association meeting to present the award to Reed. “I was pretty surprised and honored,” Reed said [...]

Utilities across the country are reporting a rise in scam artists who are using energy- related ploys to get into the bank accounts of customers. The Better Business Bureaus and state attorneys general say such schemes tend to be more common during periods when increased energy use from heating or cooling can offer higher payoffs. Dakota [...]

More renewable, solar energy will be flowing to Dakota Electric members Dakota Electric Association, along with its power supplier Great River Energy, is pleased to announce a joint solar project that will provide dedicated solar power directly to Dakota Electric’s membership. The one-megawatt (MW) solar array will be built along Highway 61 in Marshan Township by [...]

HealthPartners named Dakota Electric mid-sized Workplace Wellness Spotlight Award winner at the Minnesota Society for Human Resource Management Conference on October 9. Each year, HealthPartners recognizes three organizations for their annual Wellness Spotlight Awards, selecting them based on best practices and innovation in health and wellness programs with one “best-in-class” organization selected from the large, mid-size [...]

Dakota Electric Association is now accepting applications for the Touchstone Energy Community Award, which recognizes non-profit groups, community organizations and businesses that have shown a strong commitment to the community. The award acknowledges the efforts of those who have impacted numerous people, collaborated and shared resources, addressed unmet community needs or provided necessary services. In 2016, [...]

McGruff Safe Kids Identification kits for school children are now available from law enforcement agencies throughout Dakota County and nearby communities. Dakota Electric Association, a member-owned electric cooperative, provides local law enforcement agencies throughout Dakota County, Northfield and Cannon Falls with McGruff identification kits. Police officers will distribute the kits to classrooms if a teacher makes [...]

Jenna Conzemius, Cannon Falls, recently won the Jay York Scholarship for $300 awarded by Nobles Cooperative Electric, Worthington. Conzemius was one of five students Dakota Electric Association sponsored to attend the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s (NRECA) Youth Tour in Washington, D.C. this summer, and she was one of three selected from Minnesota for the York [...]