Great River Energy’s board of directors and senior staff traveled across Minnesota in early February for face-to-face meetings with the membership. Regional meetings, held in Mankato and St. Cloud this year, are annual events where Great River Energy discusses energy topics with member-owner directors and key staff and provides updates about Great River Energy and […]
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Great River Energy and its project partners ITC Midwest and Xcel Energy reached an important milestone with the filing of the PowerOn Midwest Certificate of Need application to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC). This is the first of two key regulatory approvals required before construction can begin. PowerOn Midwest is a series of new
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Great River Energy receives ‘Equality 100 Award’ designation Great River Energy received a top score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2026 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. “The CEI is so much more than a score,” said Jason Vollbrecht, manager
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Events provide opportunity to educate public, collect input on resource plans Great River Energy hosted three public town halls in January to share updates on its forthcoming integrated resource plan (IRP) and gather community input that will help shape the cooperative’s long‑term power supply strategy. The IRP outlines how Great River Energy plans to meet
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Partnership sets out to streamline EV projects and benefit consumers, the grid It’s true what they say: Failure to plan means planning to fail. That’s why Great River Energy is taking a proactive approach to addressing the barriers faced by utilities when it comes to achieving widespread transportation electrification, and a recently launched tool will
Safety is one of Great River Energy’s core values. Every employee at Great River Energy is empowered to speak up about safety or stop work if there is a concern, regardless of role or tenure. It is part of Great River Energy’s culture to encourage employees to raise safety concerns, halt work when necessary and
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When electric cooperatives look out for each other, everyone wins. Great River Energy line technicians were working on a transmission line recently when they encountered a challenge that disrupted the job. Even though it was late at night, they knew that help was just around the corner. That’s because co-ops follow seven guiding principles, one
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Construction on the Northland Reliability Project is well underway. This new double-circuit, 345-kilovolt electric transmission line will span 180 miles from near Grand Rapids in Itasca County to near St. Cloud in Benton County and into Sherburne County. When complete, the Northland Reliability Project will ensure the power grid in northern and central Minnesota continues
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When temperatures drop, Minnesota’s economy heats up. Snow-based recreation generated $238 million in state economic value in 2023, a dramatic rise of $126 million since 2019, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. While many tourism sectors declined during the pandemic, skiing and snowboarding activity increased. Minnesota’s 23 ski facilities employed 2,406 workers and generated
Great River Energy conducted a survey of 800 member-consumers across Minnesota to get a snapshot of what matters most to cooperative members. The results showed that trust in Great River Energy and its member-owner cooperatives remains exceptionally strong. Over 90% of respondents rate information flow, outage response and board transparency as “good” or “excellent.” The
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