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Nearly 9,000 attended Dakota Electric’s Member Appreciation Event
A large crowd of 8,884 Dakota Electric Association members and their families attended the company’s 15th annual Member Appreciation Event at the Minnesota Zoo on July 26 from 4 to 8 p.m. During the event, […]
Local students return from Washington D.C. trip
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. Dakota Electric’s students joined more than 1,500 students from across the nation (37 […]
Dakota Electric provides members free zoo event
Dakota Electric Association members and their families should mark the date for the fifteenth-annual Member Appreciation Event on July 26 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. During the event, Dakota Electric provides complimentary admission to […]
Dakota Electric awards $50,000 in scholarships
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 […]
Dakota Electric crews make significant progress
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. […]
All outages restored
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 […]
Dakota Electric crews continue working on outage restoration
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. […]
Dakota Electric crews working on outage restoration
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 […]
EPA regulations on new power plants will reduce emissions and could increase cost of power
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 […]
Twins Youth Clinics coming to local communities
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 […]
