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360 Communities receives $10,000 from Dakota Electric and CoBank
Dakota Electric Association, along with CoBank, one of its lenders, recently donated $10,000 to 360 Communities. Dakota Electric’s $5,000 donation was matched by CoBank through the company’s “Sharing Success” grant program.
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Dakota Electric donates $40,000 to local school districts
Dakota Electric Association recently awarded $10,000 from unclaimed capital credits to go toward specific needs within four different school districts.
Superintendents and representatives from Cannon Falls, Northfield, Randolph and Red Wing attended a recent […]
Elvestad wins Dakota Electric’s Township Leader award
Dakota Electric Association recently awarded Jamie Elvestad, Farmington, the Township Leader of the Year award. Each year, Dakota Electric seeks to recognize outstanding leadership with the award, and Dakota Electric Director Jerry Pittman attended a […]
Dakota Electric Association nominated for national Cooperative Purpose Award
Dakota Electric Association was recently nominated for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s (NRECA) Cooperative Purpose Award. The award, new in 2015, recognizes cooperatives for their efforts at improving the quality of life for their […]
More than 7,000 attended Dakota Electric’s Member Appreciation Event
Dakota Electric Association had a total of 7,081 people attend the company’s 18th annual Member Appreciation Event at the […]
Dakota Electric crews work on power restoration after storms
UDPATE: Call in if still out of power
FARMINGTON, Minn. (7 p.m., July 18, 2015) — Dakota Electric Association crews continue to work on the remaining outages after last night’s storm. Less than 30 […]
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 (41 from Minnesota) for the 51st […]
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 […]
Outstanding reliability and service reported at Dakota Electric’s Annual Meeting
Providing quality service to the member-owners, outstanding reliability, new solar initiatives and innovations in power generation were a few of the topics discussed at Dakota Electric Association’s Annual Meeting, held in the social hall at […]
Solar Fair coming to Lakeville
Dakota Electric Association along with Lakeville Friends of the Environment invite the public to learn more about residential solar installations at the Solar Vendor Fair, […]
