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Nearly 9,000 attended Dakota Electric’s Member Appreciation Event
Nearly 9,000, Dakota Electric Association members and their families attended the company’s 17th annual Member Appreciation Event at the Minnesota Zoo on July 31 from 4 to 8 p.m. During the event, zoo admission was [...]
Dakota Electric and Great River Energy install local solar project
Dakota Electric, along with its wholesale power supplier Great River Energy, is in the process of installing a 20-kW solar array in Farmington. Construction on the project, located at the southeast corner of Highway 50 [...]
Local students return from Washington D.C. trip
Five area high school students, sponsored by Dakota Electric Association, recently returned from a Washington D.C. trip-of-a-lifetime. Dakota Electric’s students joined more than 1,600 students from across the nation (38 total from Minnesota) for the [...]
Dakota Electric helps bring data center to Dakota County
DataBank, from Dallas, Texas, has decided to locate a new data center facility in the former Taystee Bakery distribution center in Eagan. The 88,000-square-foot data center will be what is known as a “colocation facility” [...]
Dakota Electric awards $160,000 in scholarships
One-hundred and four area high school students received scholarships this spring for their post-secondary education from Dakota Electric Association. Others receiving part of the $160,000 unclaimed capital credits this year are students at Inver Hills [...]
Dakota Electric finishes busy spring of environmental activity
Dakota Electric Association donated more than 5,100 tree seedlings this spring, as it wraps up a full schedule of assisting with community plantings and environmental events throughout its service territory. Each year, Dakota Electric participates [...]

