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Submit your hero: Minnesota’s electric cooperatives to honor local heroes

Do you know someone who goes above and beyond to make your community a better place? Maybe they’ve poured their time and energy into helping a local nonprofit thrive, assisted those in need or spearheaded a community project that has made life better for everyone. Now...

Nuclear Power: Facts and Myths

When people think about nuclear power, they often picture Homer Simpson dozing off in a control room or Montgomery Burns scheming to cut corners for profit. Pop culture has shaped that image — but it couldn’t be further from modern reality. For decades, nuclear energy...

New Stearns Electric Operations Center and Headquarters to Open Aug. 19

MELROSE, Minn. – Stearns Electric Association is proud to announce the opening of its new operations center and headquarters in Melrose on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025 Beginning Aug. 19, all Melrose business operations will take place at the new facility, located at...

Minnesota coalition not included in $3.5 billion first round of grid resiliency funding

by Ryan Johnson | Oct 20, 2023

On Wednesday, the Biden Administration announced the recipients of more than $3.5 billion in funding to improve the nation’s electric grid as part of the federal Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program. The list of chosen recipients did not include...

2023 Jay York Scholarships awarded

by Ryan Johnson | Oct 18, 2023

The Jay A. York Scholarship was established in recognition of the first Minnesotan to head the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). Jay York was a prominent figure in rural electric cooperative issues for nearly 30 years. He was elected in 1964 to...

MREA delegation talks reliability and affordability to legislators

by Joe Miller | Oct 3, 2023

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 from South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin in the capital city to meet...