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Great River Energy, ITC Midwest and Xcel Energy move forward with Upper Midwest’s first 765-kV electric transmission backbone

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Project will bolster regional reliability and minimize environmental impact Several energy providers launched their plan to provide long-term electric reliability for customers by developing the Upper Midwest’s first 765-kilovolt (kV) transmission project, which will meet the significant growth in electricity use projected in the coming decades and improve access to new energy sources needed to […]

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Minnesota Power, Great River Energy receive key regulatory approvals to build 345-kV transmission line for reliable, resilient grid

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The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission today approved the Certificate of Need and Route Permit for Minnesota Power and Great River Energy’s jointly owned high-voltage transmission line to bolster electric reliability in northern and central Minnesota and support the regional clean energy transition. The Northland Reliability Project is an approximately 180-mile, double-circuit, 345-kilovolt (kV) transmission line

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Great River Energy secures hundreds of millions in federal funding

Company news, Initiatives, Power generation resources, Renewable energy /

Great River Energy and a consortium of its member-owners have officially secured a significant $812 million in funding provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program, marking the culmination of nearly two years of dedicated effort by Great River Energy and its member-owners. This achievement represents the largest New

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Co-op receives national, statewide accolades

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Great River Energy recognized for commitments to workplace equality, well-being efforts and community outreach Great River Energy was recently notified of several recognitions it received related to the cooperative’s dedication to employees and the communities where it serves and operates. ‘Equality 100 Award’ designation Great River Energy received a score of 100 on the Human

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Great River Energy partners with Prisma Photonics to deploy advanced grid monitoring solution across Minnesota

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Prisma Photonics’ state of the art technology leverages existing fiber optic infrastructure to enable real-time grid monitoring for extreme weather threats like icing and wildfires Great River Energy, the not-for-profit power cooperative serving 1.7 million people across Minnesota and Wisconsin, today announced a partnership with Prisma Photonics to deploy its PrismaPower™ monitoring technology across approximately

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MISO approves historic portfolio of high-voltage electric transmission lines

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Great River Energy to be involved in 3 projects, including 765-kV ‘superhighway’ MISO approved of a new set of high-voltage transmission projects on Thursday, Dec. 12, that will help energy companies in the Upper Midwest, like Great River Energy, continue to deliver reliable energy and expand a robust electrical grid that features more carbon-free renewable

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Investing in the future

Company news, Initiatives, Sustainability /

Monarch conservation program approves Great River Energy’s membership in recognition of its work on pollinator preservation Great River Energy’s application for participation in the monarch candidate conservation agreement with assurances (CCAA) was approved, making the cooperative a formal member of this program. The CCAA is a voluntary program to create habitat for the monarch butterfly

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Great River Energy receives $15.4M for grid initiatives

Company news, Cooperatives, Transmission /

Great River Energy is one of 12 cooperative electric utilities across the country selected to negotiate contracts for over $97 million in federal infrastructure funding. The funding will be provided through the Department of Energy’s $10.5 billion Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) program, which was created through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021 to

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Co-ops answer call for mutual aid

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Minnesota electric cooperatives send lineworkers to restore power in communities ravaged by hurricanes Unprecedented times call for an unprecedented response. After evaluating the mass devastation caused to their communities by Hurricane Helene, several electric cooperatives in South Carolina put out a call for mutual aid to help restore power after the storm caused outages to

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