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Great River Energy continues to explore alternative energy production

Cooperatives, Member-owner cooperatives, Power generation resources, Renewable energy /

As the energy industry moves toward a more resilient, reliable and sustainable future, Great River Energy has made it a priority to study and evaluate emerging technologies and trends. One of these areas currently being investigated is zero carbon ammonia production. Ammonia is traditionally produced using fossil fuels, but in 2013 the University of Minnesota …

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Fleet review leads to business savings

Transmission /

Great River Energy’s transmission construction and maintenance (TC&M) team performed an internal audit of the cooperative’s fleet data records and conducted an extensive overview of its fleet assets, which led to the determination that more than 50 assets were no longer serving Great River Energy’s needs. These included items such as trucks, trailers, specialized pieces …

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Co-op CEO to Congress: ‘Healthy ecosystems can exist under every power line’

Cooperatives, Member-owner cooperatives, Sustainability /

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) works best when the federal government collaborates with local property owners to conserve wildlife. That’s what an electric cooperative leader from Minnesota told a U.S. House of Representatives panel during a recent visit to Washington, D.C. East Central Energy (ECE), one of Great River Energy’s 27 member-owner cooperatives, has firsthand …

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Mesabi Trail Tour returns

Community /

More than 450 bicyclists participated in this year’s annual Great River Energy Mesabi Trail Tour event, which started and ended in Ely, Minnesota. Participants chose between riding on three different routes of 12, 30 or 50 miles along what is considered one of Minnesota’s premier paved bicycle trails. While pedaling, bicyclists encountered historic and scenic …

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Northland Reliability Project application filed for Certificate of Need and Route Permit

Company news, Transmission /

After months of planning and routing and revision, Great River Energy and Minnesota Power filed an application Aug. 4 for a Certificate of Need and Route Permit from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) to build a high-voltage transmission line to bolster electric reliability in northern and central Minnesota. The Northland Reliability Project is an …

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Minnesota Power, Great River Energy advance joint 345-kV transmission line project with application for Certificate of Need, Route Permit

Company news, Transmission /

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 transmission line to bolster electric reliability in northern and central Minnesota. The Northland Reliability Project is an approximately 180-mile, double-circuit, 345-kilovolt (kV) transmission line, primarily …

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Great River Energy joins nationwide electric vehicle initiative

Beneficial electrification, Cooperatives, Electric vehicles /

A collaborative of 500 utilities, vehicle manufacturers, charging providers, federal agencies and other organizations are working to align themselves on important issues ahead of the rapid deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) on U.S. roadways. Great River Energy is one of the founding utility partners of EVs2Scale, a three-year initiative led by the Electric Power Research …

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Wright-Hennepin hosts electric vehicle advisory meeting

Cooperatives, Electric vehicles, Member-owner cooperatives /

Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association (WH), one of Great River Energy’s member-owner cooperatives, recently hosted an electric vehicle (EV) advisory meeting with more than 60 of its members who are current EV owners to help the cooperative learn more about their experiences with the technology. Following brief presentations from co-op representatives, including WH Holding’s Chief Operating …

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Employees recognized for quick action in an emergency

Cooperatives, Employee news /

Great River Energy employees Lonnie Levy and Zachary Heskin left the cooperative’s Spiritwood Station power plant in North Dakota when they witnessed a tire blowout and subsequent rollover of a tandem water truck from Northern Improvement Company.  When the truck hit the shoulder, it went airborne, rolled and landed upside down in the ditch. Levy …

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Co-ops partner to bring electric lawn mower to local golf course

Beneficial electrification, Cooperatives, Electric vehicles /

Stearns Electric Association, in partnership with Great River Energy, recently leased an electric lawnmower to replace a diesel-powered machine at Lynx National Golf Course in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. The new machine from Mean Green Electric Mowers — which is the first commercial-grade electric, zero-turn mower that can last all day on a single charge — …

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