Press Release

The Peak Load Management Alliance (PLMA) recently awarded Dakota Electric Association the Outstanding Program Participation Award. According to PLMA, this award recognizes Dakota Electric’s “success and ability to achieve a significant amount of customer participation and load reduction.” Dakota Electric has achieved a very high involvement rate in the voluntary load management programs (also called off-peak) [...]

(9:10 p.m., May 2, 2013) — Dakota Electric Association has restored all power outages as of 8:30 p.m. Approximately 1,000 were out of power this morning due to the wet heavy snowstorm that moved through late Wednesday night into Thursday morning. The scattered nature of the outages made repairs slow, but crews were called in early [...]

(10:45 a.m., May 2, 2013) — Dakota Electric Association has experienced outages due to the wet heavy snowstorm that moved through late Wednesday night into Thursday morning. The outages are mainly located in the eastern and southeastern part of the cooperative’s service territory. Locations affected are the areas near Hastings, Miesville, Red Wing, Welch, Castle Rock [...]

(1:45 p.m., May 2, 2013) — Dakota Electric Association crews have been working hard today restoring outages that have occurred due to the wet heavy snowstorm that moved through the area late Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Approximately 1,000 were out of power early this morning, but crews have been able to get that number down [...]

Dakota Electric Association’s member-owners attended the cooperative’s annual meeting, held in St. Michael’s social hall in Farmington on April 4. Four incumbent directors and one new director were elected and bylaw amendments passed. David Jones, district 1, Jim Sheldon, district 2, Bill Holton, district 3, and Paul Trapp, district 4, were all re-elected to three-year terms. [...]

Five local high school students were recently selected to receive a trip to Washington, D.C., sponsored by Dakota Electric Association. The winners are Zachary Eichten, Rosemount High School, Brett Johnson, Farmington High School; Cory Kroonblawd, Concordia Academy; Anna Larson, Christian Life School; and Miranda Lawell, Apple Valley High School. The students will participate in the National [...]

The Greater Twin Cities United Way recently presented Dakota Electric Association with its Best Caring Connection Involvement award in front of more than 800 United Way volunteers, donors and agency partners at the Campaign Victory Celebration and 2012 Best Of Awards at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The award recognized Dakota Electric’s community involvement and volunteer efforts [...]

Dakota Electric Association will hold its Annual Meeting on Thursday, April 4, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church social hall at 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington (next to Dakota Electric’s office). The meeting begins at 7 p.m.; doors open at 6 p.m., and refreshments will be served before the meeting. Dakota Electric members will have the opportunity to [...]

Dakota Electric Association distributed $26,376 in 2012 through its Helping Neighbors® program to the Community Action Program, The Salvation Army and 360 Communities for local energy assistance. In 2012, giving was down approximately $1,200 from the previous year. “This money is available because of our members’ generous donations to the Helping Neighbors program,” Greg Miller, Dakota [...]

Dakota Electric Association will provide five high school juniors or seniors the opportunity to win an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. as part of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s (NRECA) Youth Tour, June 14-20.       Each June, more than 1,200 junior and senior students from across the country travel to Washington, D.C. for the [...]