National Co-op Month celebrates local ownership, community service Cooperatives across the nation celebrate National Co-op Month each October, recognizing a business model built on local ownership, shared responsibility and community service. For Great River Energy, it is an opportunity to reflect not only on the cooperative advantage today, but also on the rich history of […]
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Great River Energy welcomed utility professionals from across North America in September as the cooperative hosted the 50th Anniversary Transmission & Distribution Maintenance Management Association (TDMMA) conference in downtown Minneapolis. The conference brought together 156 utility professionals representing 28 companies from the United States and Canada. The week began with a technical tour at Great
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North Branch city officials, local and state leaders, community partners and company representatives from LP Building Solutions gathered earlier this summer for a groundbreaking celebration for the newest — and largest — plant in the manufacturer’s network. The 350,000-square-foot LP® SmartSide® ExpertFinish® Trim & Siding manufacturing facility is slated to begin production in the first quarter of 2028
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Minnesota’s adult-use cannabis market is in its early stages but it is already generating new opportunities for electric cooperatives, economic development organizations and rural communities. For Great River Energy and its member-owner cooperatives, the cannabis sector is a new category of commercial and agricultural load growth that requires early coordination. While projects vary in size
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Another summer of free baseball and softball clinics is in the books and thousands of young athletes across Twins Territory were able to get in the game. Nearly 7,000 kids attended the Twins Community Fund Youth Baseball & Softball Clinics during the 2026 season, continuing a longtime tradition of bringing accessible youth sports programming to
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Agreement for South Deuel Wind adds 250 MW of renewable energy to help meet members’ future electricity needs Great River Energy took another step toward meeting the future energy needs of its member-owner cooperatives by signing a power purchase agreement for the South Deuel Wind Energy Center, a new facility being developed by Invenergy in
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Great River Energy is proud to announce it is again recognized as a certified Great Place To Work. The award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at the cooperative. In this year’s survey, 94% of employees said Great River Energy is a great place to work. This is the highest
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A busload of Lake Country Power member-owners recently toured several facilities and areas owned by Great River Energy, their cooperative’s wholesale power provider, to get a look at what it takes to make and deliver the power they receive. Throughout one day, the group of members were able to tour Great River Energy’s headquarters in
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More than 40 students from North Dakota State University recently got an up-close look at the future of energy during a stop at Great River Energy’s Spiritwood Station as part of the “Bison to the Bakken” program. The Aug. 21 visit introduced students to one of North Dakota’s most unique energy facilities and provided a
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The PowerOn Midwest project team recently wrapped up a second round of routing open houses across southern Minnesota, continuing efforts to gather local input as route development moves forward. From Aug. 4-13, the team hosted 12 open houses in communities across the project study area, providing an opportunity for landowners, community members and other stakeholders
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