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U.S. Senators Smith, Rounds, Fischer & Baldwin Host Bipartisan Rural Working Group Meeting in Washington

by atomic-noc | Feb 13, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. [02/13/20]—Today, U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)—leaders of the Bipartisan Senate Rural Working...

Brooks Lake Substation now energized

by atomic-noc | Feb 13, 2020

Rockford, MN (February 12, 2020) — As part of ongoing efforts to ensure electric reliability, Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association (WH) recently energized its newest substation in...

Beltrami Electric 22nd Annual Touchstone Energy® Open Raises Record $25,000 for United Way of Bemidji Area

Bemidji, Minn. – September 17, 2026 – A day of golf, friendly competition and community support resulted in a record $25,000 raised for the United Way of Bemidji Area during the 22nd Annual Beltrami Electric Touchstone Energy® Open on September 11 at Castle Highlands...

Cooperatives help members serve own energy needs

Minnesota cooperative consumers have shown some interest in supplying electricity for their own use, including projects designed to avoid sending power onto the utility’s electric lines. Rural electric cooperatives work with their members to implement these systems to...

Connexus Energy puts closed landfill site to work generating renewable energy

Connexus Energy's Ramsey II Renewable Station, a 4-megawatt solar array built on 24 acres of the buffer area at the Anoka-Ramsey Closed Landfill, began commercial operation Sept. 2. The project transformed land with limited redevelopment potential into a source of...