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 by her theory and journal writings, Rachel’s family created the Rachel’s Challenge program to spread her [...]

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 around Dakota County and Northfield and Cannon Falls with McGruff identification kits. Police officers will distribute the kits to classrooms if the teacher [...]

In observance of Labor Day, Dakota Electric's offices will be closed on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. We wish you and your family a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend.

Dakota Electric Association recently awarded Sara van Zandt, Burnsville, a $500 MasterCard® gift card as the grand-prize winner of the company’s Home Energy Sweepstakes. Dakota Electric and its wholesale power supplier, Great River Energy, ran the statewide campaign this spring and summer to promote compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL). As part of the promotion, which included [...]

Dakota Electric Association recently presented Pioneer Plastics, Eagan, with a $100,000 rebate check for purchasing a high-efficiency injection molding machine. The machine will use about 600,000 less kilowatt-hours annually than a conventional hydraulic machine.  “We thank Dakota Electric for their help with purchasing this machine,” Pioneer Plastics CEO Minou Hussain said. “Dakota Electric is a great [...]

More than 9,000 Dakota Electric Association members and their families attended the Member Appreciation Event at the Minnesota Zoo on July 30 from 4 to 8 p.m. During the event, zoo admission was free to all who purchase electricity from the cooperative. The large participation amounted to the second largest attendance in the event’s 12-year history. [...]

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. The group joined more than 1,500 students from across the nation (34 total from Minnesota) for the 46th annual Rural Electric Youth Tour held June 13-18. Dakota Electric Association awarded the students an all-expense-paid [...]

Dakota Electric Association members and their families should mark the date for the twelfth-annual Member Appreciation Event on July 30 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. During the event, Dakota Electric Association provides complimentary admission to the Minnesota Zoo for all who purchase electricity from the cooperative. “Dakota Electric is a not-for-profit electric cooperative, so this [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn.— Nineteen area high school students and five Inver Hills Community College students received scholarships this spring for their continuing education from Dakota Electric Association. The donation to local students totaled $24,600 and includes money for approximately 13 Dakota County Technical College students and about six Inver Hills Community College students who will be named [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. — Dakota Electric Association announced the launch of a new pilot program developed by Great River Energy, Dakota Electric’s wholesale power supplier, that makes it easier for people to transition from the gas pump to the plug-in. Beginning this August, Dakota Electric will provide ChargeWise outlets for installation in members’ garages to provide low-cost, [...]