As the energy industry continues to evolve, electric cooperatives are ensuring their members are kept up to date on major topics that are currently affecting — or could, in the future — their particular region. One of the ways cooperatives are engaging their membership on current trends and topics is by hosting events that gather […]
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Great River Energy program recognizes team members who step up and apply their training when they see people in need A guiding principle among electric cooperatives is “concern for community.” Great River Energy encourages its employees to act as a second set of eyes and ears in their community and to render assistance when needed.
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Homeowners, farmers and commercial/industrial businesses experienced fewer interruptions this spring to the appliances they have enrolled in their cooperative’s demand response programs thanks to grid modernization tools implemented by Great River Energy. Through the dual fuel load control program, cooperative members can sign up to have their heating systems fueled by a secondary system —
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The three young falcons residing in Great River Energy’s peregrine falcon nesting box at Elk River were recently banded. Representatives from the Raptor Resource Project conducted the banding and examined the young falcons. The two males and one female were deemed healthy. The band numbers assigned to each falcon are recorded in the Midwest Peregrine
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A significant economic boost is expected from the Northland Reliability Project with positive impacts on jobs and wages and about $2 billion in total impacts to Minnesota’s economy, according to a study by the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Labovitz School of Business and Economics. Minnesota Power and
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Great River Energy has donated a fire hose test station to the Dexter Fire Department, which is the department that would provide emergency services for Great River Energy’s Pleasant Valley Station in the event of a fire or site emergency. The new piece of equipment is used to test fire hoses to ensure they achieve
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Approximately 20 people gathered Tuesday, April 30, near a substation in Maple Grove, Minnesota, to watch the first drone installation in the United States of a Heimdall “Neuron.” These dynamic transmission line rating sensors collect real-time information about the line and its environment with the goal of increasing capacity, or the amount of electricity that
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Great River Energy’s company culture earns national recognition Great River Energy once again earned a “Great Place To Work” certification following the results of a recent employee survey. The award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Great River Energy. This year, 89% of employees said the cooperative is
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Electric cooperatives are connected to their members by more than just the lines that power their homes and businesses. This connection is demonstrated through what is known as the “cooperative difference”— the tangible and intangible ways the cooperative business model benefits members and their communities. Electric cooperatives are member-driven organizations guided by several principles that
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Great River Energy recently donated new equipment to local fire departments that would provide emergency services for two of the cooperative’s power plants in the event of a fire or site emergency. The fire departments serving Trimont and Dexter, Minnesota, each received a new test station that can be used to ensure their fire hoses
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