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Thirty-four area high school students and six Inver Hills Community College students received scholarships this spring for their continuing education from Dakota Electric Association. The donation to local students totaled $50,000. Seven Inver Hills students […]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (2:00 p.m., June 19, 2012) — Dakota Electric Association crews continue to make great progress on the widespread outages. Approximately 500 are still without power, down from a high of more than 10,000. […]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (11:30 p.m., June 19, 2012) — Dakota Electric Association is happy to report that all outages have been restored. A severe thunderstorm ripped through the area early Tuesday morning knocking out power to […]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (11:30 a.m., June 19, 2012) — Dakota Electric Association crews continue to make great progress on the widespread outages. Approximately 1,300 are still without power, down from a high of more than 10,000. […]

FARMINGTON, Minn. (10:00 a.m., June 19, 2012) — Dakota Electric Association crews are out in force restoring outages from this morning’s damaging storms. More than 10,000 were without power, but crews have reduced that number […]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking comments on a proposed regulation called The Greenhouse Gas New Source Performance Standard until June 25.
 
This standard, if adopted, will require new power plants […]

Dakota Electric Association and it’s wholesale power supplier, Great River Energy, are helping to present local Twins Youth Clinics this summer in local communities.  

The free Play Ball! Minnesota Youth Clinics […]

Dakota Electric Association donated more than 5,500 tree seedlings this spring, as it wraps up a full schedule of assisting with community plantings and environmental events throughout its service territory.

Each […]

In honor of Dakota Electric Association’s 75th anniversary, employees have decided to step up their volunteer efforts. Volunteering and community involvement are not new to Dakota Electric as demonstrated by the company being named the […]

Dakota Electric Association’s member-owners attended the cooperative’s annual meeting, held in St. Michael’s social hall in Farmington on April 12. Four incumbent directors and one new director were elected and both bylaw amendments passed. Jerry […]