by Ryan Johnson | Sep 9, 2024 | Advocacy, Press Releases
New ERA Funding Statement The Minnesota Rural Electric Association (MREA) is a nonprofit trade association representing Minnesota’s electric cooperatives, which serve over 1.7 million people. Some member cooperatives have applied for New ERA funding to help cover...
by Joe Miller | Jul 1, 2024 | Advocacy
Cooperative lineworkers to help electrify Guatemalan villages The five Toyota four-wheel drive Hilux pickup trucks carried 14 lineworkers, four translators, tools and equipment for the job through the mountains in the rugged Guatemalan countryside to a local village....
by Jenny Glumack | Jul 1, 2024 | Advocacy
Legislative Wrap Up The 2024 legislative session adjourned in complete chaos at midnight on Sunday, May 19. Democrats, who control the House, Senate and Governor’s office, rushed to pass their legislative agenda before the constitutional deadline over Republican...
by Jenny Glumack | Jan 16, 2024 | Advocacy
What can we expect from the legislature in 2024? The 2024 legislative session starts on February 12. With a two-year budget enacted last session, no bills need to be passed this year to keep the state government operating. However, there is a projected budget surplus...
by Joe Miller | Oct 3, 2023 | Advocacy
MREA delegation talks reliability and affordability to legislators In late September, MREA staff led a delegation to Washington D.C. to visit with senators and representatives. The Minnesota group, made up of board members, CEOs and other co-op staff, joined delegates...
by Ryan Johnson | Aug 11, 2023 | Advocacy
MREA’S Legislator of the Year Nick Frentz On Wednesday, August 9, the Minnesota Rural Electric Association named Senator Nick Frentz of North Mankato as our 2023 Legislator of the Year. First elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2016, this is Senator Frentz’s first time...
