Cooperative News
Highlighting the latest news and information from Minnesota's rural electric cooperatives
Minnesota Power, Great River Energy advance joint 345-kV transmission line project with application for Certificate of Need, Route Permit
Minnesota Power and Great River Energy today are filing an application for a Certificate of Need and Route Permit from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) to build a high-voltage...
Federated Rural Electric hosts 88th Annual Meeting
(JACKSON, Minn.) — A large crowd attended Federated Rural Electric's 88th Annual Meeting August 3 at the Martin County West High School gym in Sherburn. "We had 1,258 members vote by mail and 82...
CO-OP’S OPERATION ROUND UP® PROGRAM ACHIEVES $3 MILLION MILESTONE
Melrose, Minn. – Funded by the generous contributions of member-consumers of Steans Electric Association, the Cooperative’s Operation Round Up® (ORU) program awarded its three millionth dollar in...
Minnesota Rural Electric Association Charity Golf Tournament raises record amount for Minnesota burn centers
The Minnesota Rural Electric Association Burn Center Golf Tournament raised a record-setting $62,823 for Minnesota’s three specialty burn centers. The charity event, which is held annually, took...
WRIGHT-HENNEPIN MEMBERS DONATE $35,500 TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
Rockford, Minn. (July 13, 2023) — Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association (WH) members who participate in Operation Round Up (ORU) recently donated grants totaling $35,500 in June. ORU has...
Minnesota awards state broadband grant to Federated Rural Electric/Broadband to serve rural Jackson County
(Jackson, MN) — Yesterday the Minnesota Employment and Economic Development Office of Broadband Development notified Federated Rural Electric/Broadband, Jackson, of a $7 million grant to serve rural...