FARMINGTON, Minn. (July 14, 2008) —Thursday's thunderstorms hit Dakota Electric Association members hard with 70-mile-an-hour winds and a tornado touchdown near Vermillion that cut a six-mile long path through rural Dakota County.High winds knocked down trees and damaged buildings and homes while hail destroyed acres of crops. Miles of utility transmission and distribution lines were damaged [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (June 11, 2008) — Energy Alternatives, a for-profit subsidiary of Dakota Electric Association, recently signed contracts to install its 129th project of utility peak-shaving and backup generation, bringing the company's total installations to 200,000 kilowatts (kW).The milestone-reaching project for Energy Alternatives is an 800-kW backup generator installation for Target Corporation's new Waconia, MN. store. [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (June 6, 2008) — Seventeen area high school students and 13 Dakota County Technical students were awarded scholarships for their continuing education from Dakota Electric Association, Farmington. The donation to local students totaled $24,600 and includes money for Inver Hills Community College students who will be named in the fall.Dakota Electric has donated $439,295 [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (April 4, 2008) — Dakota Electric Association members and employees will join people from electric cooperatives around Minnesota who will work together at state parks, planting trees, brushing trails, building picnic shelters, removing exotic species and much more as part of Touchstone Energy Cooperatives' project GreenTouch on May 3.Dakota Electric Association members and employees [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (April 1, 2008) — “Looking out for you” was the theme for Dakota Electric Association's annual meeting, held March 27 at the cooperative's Farmington office. The annual meeting provides an opportunity for member-owners to hear reports about the business and ask questions. This year's theme highlighted the work Dakota Electric does to help its [...]

Greg Miller, president of Dakota Electric Association, Farmington, MN, received the 2008 Business of the Year Award from the River Heights Chamber of Commerce during the River Heights Chamber's 105th Annual Meeting at Southview Country Club on February 8th.The Business of the Year Award acknowledges an organization that has a commitment to the community through its [...]

FARMINGTON , Minn. (February 20, 2008) — Dakota Electric Association distributed a total of $26,025 in 2007 to local energy assistance agencies through its Helping Neighbors ® program. The money was distributed in quarterly grants to the Community Action Council, the Community Action Program (CAP) and The Salvation Army.“It is through our members' generous donations to [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (Feb. 11, 2008) — Dakota Electric Association welcomed its 100,000 th member when Todd Cao's home received service in January. Cao, his wife, Nhung, and three kids hope to move in as soon the house is completed later this year.In celebration of hitting the 100k mark, Dakota Electric donated a basketful of energy-efficient products [...]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (January 21, 2008) — 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 14-19.Each June, more than 1,200 junior and senior students from across the country travel to Washington, [...]

River Valley Project Explore and Cheerful Givers named runners-upFARMINGTON, Minn. (Jan. 08, 2008) — Dakota Electric Association named the Apple Valley Senior Center as winner of the local 2007 Touchstone Energy Community Award. River Valley Project Explore, Apple Valley, and Cheerful Givers, Eagan, were named runners-up and each of the three applicants received a plaque and [...]