Press Release

Dakota Electric Association is retiring $1.2 million in capital credits this year. The payment was authorized by the board of directors at their November meeting and checks are being mailed in December. When Dakota Electric collects more in revenue in one year than it pays out toward expenses, it tracks (allocates) that money for each member [...]

Eastview High School, Apple Valley, will be hosting a message of kindness and compassion on Dec. 15. Rachel Scott, the first victim in the Columbine High School shootings in 1999, had a theory: “If one person can go out of their way to show compassion then it will start a chain reaction of the same.” Inspired [...]

More than 10,000 Dakota Electric Association members were out of power last weekend due to the heavy wet snow that blanketed the Twin Cities area from Friday night into Saturday. Dakota Electric dispatched all available crews as the outages began rolling in Saturday morning. Crews worked tirelessly to restore those without power. The restoration process meant [...]

The heavy wet snow is causing outages for Dakota Electric Association and its members. The very wet snow is weighing down branches and causing them to contact power lines. As of 1:30 p.m., Dakota Electric has more than 5,000 members out of power. All available crews are out, but it could take well into the night [...]

Dakota Electric Association recently awarded Donald Marthaler, Randolph Township Supervisor, the Township Leader of the Year award. Each year, Dakota Electric seeks to recognize outstanding leadership with the award. Marthaler has been the Randolph Township supervisor for 30 years and has served on the Randolph Fire Department for 26 years, 5 years as chief. He has [...]

Dakota Electric Association members in the market for new appliances have until the end of October to claim a large rebate for the purchase of a qualified ENERGY STAR® refrigerator or clothes washer. Members can receive $125 off an Energy Star refrigerator with recycling of the replaced unit, and/or they can save $75 off an Energy [...]

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, provided local law enforcement agencies throughout Dakota County, Northfield and Cannon Falls with McGruff identification kits. Police officers will distribute the kits to classrooms if the teacher [...]

Beeta Riahi, Burnsville High School, recently returned from attending the Youth Leadership Council (YLC) in Washington D.C. Riahi was selected for YLC from among 35 high school students throughout Minnesota who all attended the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s (NRECA) Youth Tour conference in June. Being part of YLC presented an opportunity for Riahi to travel [...]

Two teachers from Elizabeth Ann Seton School in Hastings, recently returned from a teacher training course that provided practical hands-on tools for furthering the energy education of their students. Teachers Anne Burns, 5th grade, and Jane Lynch, 4th grade, attended “Energy Education in the Classroom” sponsored by Great River Energy, Maple Grove, and its 28 member [...]

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. and one student was selected to represent Minnesota on the Youth Leadership Council in July. Dakota Electric’s students joined more than 1,500 students from across the nation (35 total from Minnesota) for the 47th [...]