Celebrating Community Impact: Cooperative Heroes Award

by Ryan Johnson | Jul 14, 2026 | Member Co-op News, MREA News Articles for Members' Newsletters

Celebrating Community Impact: Cooperative Heroes Award Last year marked an exciting new chapter for the Minnesota Touchstone Energy Group’s annual community award. After more than two decades, the award was refreshed to focus on individuals who exemplify the...

Youth Tour: A Cooperative Tradition, Nearly 70 Years Strong

by Ryan Johnson | Jul 14, 2026 | MREA News Articles for Members' Newsletters

Youth Tour: A Cooperative Tradition, Nearly 70 Years Strong Each summer, high school students from across the country travel to Washington, D.C., to see government in action and learn how their voices can shape the communities they call home. For nearly 70 years, the...

Powering Economic Development in Communities Nationwide

by Ryan Johnson | Jan 4, 2024 | MREA News Articles for Members' Newsletters

Powering Economic Development in Communities Nationwide For nearly a century, electric cooperatives have been essential to the economic vitality and overall quality of life in communities nationwide. America’s electric cooperatives made modern living in rural...

MREA Statement on Rep. Emmer Energy Roundtable Discussion

by Ryan Johnson | Apr 5, 2023 | MREA News Articles for Members' Newsletters, Press Releases

BECKER, MN – On Tuesday, Minnesota Rural Electric Association (MREA) CEO Darrick Moe participated in a roundtable energy discussion hosted by Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Delano) on the urgent need for environmental permitting reform. MREA CEO Darrick Moe released the following...

Suståne chooses 100 percent renewable energy for facilities

by | Sep 15, 2020 | MREA News Articles for Members' Newsletters

FARMINGTON, Minn. (Sept. 14, 2020) — Suståne Natural Fertilizer, a leading manufacturer-exporter of renewable, organic and natural slow release fertilizers and plant/soil amendments, announced today that its Cannon Falls facilities’ electricity requirements are now...

How the ECO Act can lower energy bills and put people back to work

by | Jul 13, 2020 | MREA News Articles for Members' Newsletters

By Gary A. Swanson | 07/10/2020 Originally published in MINNPOST When our state Legislature adjourned from a special session nearly a month ago, lawmakers again left several important issues unresolved, from police reform to COVID-19 relief funds to energy use....