News & Information
Touchstone Energy® Community Award applications being accepted
Dakota Electric Association is now accepting applications for the Touchstone Energy Community Award, which recognizes non-profit groups, community organizations and businesses that have shown a strong commitment to the community. The award acknowledges the efforts […]
Rachel’s Challenge coming to local schools
Rachel Scott, the first victim in the Columbine High School shootings in 1999, had a theory — “If one person can go out of their way to show compassion then it will start a chain […]
Dakota Electric provides McGruff safety kits for children
McGruff Safe Kids Identification kits for school children are now available from law enforcement agencies throughout Dakota County and nearby communities.
Dakota Electric Association, a member-owned electric cooperative, provided local law enforcement […]
Labor Day – Offices Closed
In observance of Labor Day, Dakota Electric’s offices will be closed on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. We wish you and your family a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend.
Dakota Electric awards gift cards to sweepstakes winners
Dakota Electric Association recently awarded Sara van Zandt, Burnsville, a $500 MasterCard® gift card as the grand-prize winner of the company’s Home Energy Sweepstakes.
Dakota Electric and its wholesale power supplier, […]
Pioneer Plastics receives grant
Dakota Electric Association recently presented Pioneer Plastics, Eagan, with a $100,000 rebate check for purchasing a high-efficiency injection molding machine. The machine will use about 600,000 less kilowatt-hours annually than a conventional hydraulic machine.
Dakota Electric members enjoy Member Appreciation
More than 9,000 Dakota Electric Association members and their families attended the Member Appreciation Event at the Minnesota Zoo on July 30 from 4 to 8 p.m. During the event, zoo admission was free to […]
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. The group joined more than 1,500 students from across the nation (34 total […]
Dakota Electric provides free night at MN Zoo to members
Dakota Electric Association members and their families should mark the date for the twelfth-annual Member Appreciation Event on July 30 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. During the event, Dakota Electric Association provides complimentary admission […]
Dakota Electric awards nearly $25,000 in scholarships
FARMINGTON, Minn.— Nineteen area high school students and five Inver Hills Community College students received scholarships this spring for their continuing education from Dakota Electric Association. The donation to local students totaled $24,600 and includes […]
