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Careers in Energy Week highlights varied workforce

Cooperatives, Sustainability /

Energy professionals are proudly leading the country toward attaining decarbonization goals while maintaining energy reliability, resiliency, safety and affordability. And the energy industry is growing. According to the Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD), more than 6 million people work in energy careers in the United States but an additional several hundred thousand employees will …

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Board donates $25,000 to Louisiana hurricane relief

Company news, Cooperatives, Sustainability /

One of the mainstay principles of Great River Energy’s business model is “cooperation among cooperatives.” That can mean sending additional crews out to an area to help restore power more quickly for a co-op’s members or sending financial help to cooperative service territories recovering from extreme storm damage. Great River Energy’s board recently took action …

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Why co-ops work

Cooperatives /

Great River Energy provides wholesale power to 28 electric cooperatives that collectively own Great River Energy and provide electricity to more than 720,000 consumer-members. While other types of businesses must produce returns for investors and other stakeholders, cooperatives focus on doing what’s best for their member-owners. Great River Energy’s board of directors includes directors from …

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Minnesota Valley marks $2 million donation milestone

Community, Member-owner cooperatives, Sustainability /

Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative (MVEC), one of Great River Energy’s 28 member-owner cooperatives, recently celebrated a big milestone as its Operation Round Up Trust Board recently distributed its two-millionth dollar back to local organizations. Operation Round Up, a program that originated in 1995, makes quarterly donations to organizations of all types and sizes throughout MVEC’s …

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Irrigation studied as a way to balance needs of crops, the grid

Cooperatives, Member-owner cooperatives /

The modern capabilities of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and Great River Energy’s demand response management system (DRMS) made possible a pilot program now in its third year that benefits Great River Energy and its member-owner cooperatives. The pilot tests a new approach to the irrigation load control program offered by most of Great River Energy’s …

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Smart electrification: Leaf blowers offer convenience, cleaner air

Beneficial electrification, Cooperatives /

Certain devices that have traditionally been powered by gasoline now have electric models that offer a host of benefits to cooperative members as well as smart electricity sales for co-ops. This month, Great River News looks at an autumn necessity: the leaf blower. When looking to make quick work of leaves and debris, the benefits …

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Co-ops bring EV charging station to state park

Beneficial electrification, Company news, Electric vehicles, Member-owner cooperatives /

A collaboration between electric cooperatives and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is further expanding the state’s electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure. Great River Energy, its member-owner cooperative East Central Energy and the DNR recently gathered to mark the successful installation of a new EV charging station at Banning State Park, located in Sandstone, Minnesota. …

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‘Sota Grown partners mark a year of success

Beneficial electrification, Company news, Initiatives, Member-owner cooperatives /

Following a year’s delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the partners behind ‘Sota Grown gathered last month at the site of their indoor agriculture food project for a celebratory ribbon-cutting event. ‘Sota Grown is an innovative pilot project that’s growing leafy greens inside a renovated shipping container at Central Lakes College’s (CLC) campus in Staples, …

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