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We are a not-for-profit wholesale electric power cooperative which provides electricity to 28 member-owner distribution cooperatives. Together, our systems serve 695,000 families, farms and businesses in Minnesota.
Stanton Station safely imploded
After more than a year spent dismantling, recycling and disposing of equipment and materials at Stanton Station, the structure of the retired power plant was imploded on Oct. 11. “This was a solemn, historic event for Great River Energy,” said Great River Energy Vice President and Chief Generation Officer Rick Lancaster. “For more than 50 years, […]
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Severe storms cause major damage, outages
A line of severe thunderstorms damaged several Great River Energy, Xcel Energy and ITC transmission lines in the Faribault and Owatonna, Minn., areas in late September, causing widespread outages. Two Great River Energy transmission lines were affected by the storm, which damaged 20 structures along the Valley Grove tap 69-kilovolt transmission line. Great River Energy, […]
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