Five students from local high schools in and around Dakota Electric Association’s service territory recently returned from a trip-of-a-lifetime to Washington D.C. Dakota Electric’s students joined more than 1,500 students from across the nation (37 total from Minnesota) for the 48th annual National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) Rural Electric Youth Tour held June 16-21. Dakota [...]

Dakota Electric Association members and their families should mark the date for the fifteenth-annual Member Appreciation Event on July 26 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. During the event, Dakota Electric provides complimentary admission to the Minnesota Zoo for those who purchase electricity from the cooperative. Tickets to the event were included in electric bills, or [...]

Thirty-four area high school students and six Inver Hills Community College students received scholarships this spring for their continuing education from Dakota Electric Association. The donation to local students totaled $50,000. Seven Inver Hills students and 16 Dakota County Technical College students received scholarships last fall. Dakota Electric has donated $563,495 since 1990 to help students [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (2:00 p.m., June 19, 2012) — Dakota Electric Association crews continue to make great progress on the widespread outages. Approximately 500 are still without power, down from a high of more than 10,000. All of these should be restored by nightfall with some possibly lingering into the next day. Member who are currently still [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (11:30 p.m., June 19, 2012) — Dakota Electric Association is happy to report that all outages have been restored. A severe thunderstorm ripped through the area early Tuesday morning knocking out power to more than 10,000 Dakota Electric members. The damage was widespread, making outage restoration difficult. All available crews were quickly dispatched to [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (11:30 a.m., June 19, 2012) — Dakota Electric Association crews continue to make great progress on the widespread outages. Approximately 1,300 are still without power, down from a high of more than 10,000. The majority of these should be on by nightfall with some lingering into the next day or two. For updates, members [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (10:00 a.m., June 19, 2012) — Dakota Electric Association crews are out in force restoring outages from this morning’s damaging storms. More than 10,000 were without power, but crews have reduced that number to approximately 3,000 still without power at this time. The majority of those 3,000 should be restored by nightfall. But, due [...]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking comments on a proposed regulation called The Greenhouse Gas New Source Performance Standard until June 25.   This standard, if adopted, will require new power plants larger than 25 megawatts to implement significant limits on carbon dioxide emissions. New combined cycle natural gas fired facilities will usually be able [...]

Dakota Electric Association and it’s wholesale power supplier, Great River Energy, are helping to present local Twins Youth Clinics this summer in local communities.   The free Play Ball! Minnesota Youth Clinics are designed to teach basic fundamentals including hitting, fielding and throwing, while also providing participants with positive messages about staying in school and away [...]

Dakota Electric Association donated more than 5,500 tree seedlings this spring, as it wraps up a full schedule of assisting with community plantings and environmental events throughout its service territory. Each spring, Dakota Electric participates in a variety of Arbor Day and environmental events by donating seedlings and providing educational information and assistance. Part of Dakota [...]