With less than two months left in 2023, Great River Energy’s board of directors recently met to determine the cooperative’s budget and wholesale electric rates in the year ahead. Great River Energy’s average 2024 wholesale rate is projected to increase by an average of 2.2% from the 2023 budgeted rate. “Our rates remain nearly 20% […]
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Great River Energy’s commitment to plant and restore pollinator habitats across its eligible sites continues this fall as several late fall plantings are scheduled for the last several days of October. The plantings are part of Great River Energy’s Pollinator Strong initiative, a pledge to environmental sustainability by creating food and nesting space for animals
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Grid North Partners utilities have identified 19 transmission project upgrades expected to be built over the next three years. These projects, which span Minnesota and touch eastern South Dakota, will enable more low-cost renewable energy to be delivered from western Minnesota to customers throughout the region by reducing congestion on the transmission system. “We have
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Approximately 60 first- and second-year electrician/line school students at Minnesota State Community and Technical College (M State) in Wadena recently learned about career opportunities available in their field during an event put on by Great River Energy. Students heard from several cooperative employees representing different areas of the business, including human resources, field services, IT
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The passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) represents the biggest investment into the country’s infrastructure since the 1930s. Great River Energy and its 27 member-owner cooperatives have been working to take advantage of the more than $435 billion offered in federal funding through these investments. Great River Energy, along with
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Great River Energy was honored for its contributions to an industry effort to define and document best practices for safe and successful maintenance of gas turbines. Minnesota Generation Leader Mike Herman accepted a Technology Transfer Awards at the Electric Power Research Institute’s (EPRI) awards ceremony Sept. 19 in Chicago. Great River Energy was one of
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Great River Energy, a not-for-profit wholesale electric cooperative, along with a majority of its member-owners are pleased to announce they have filed a Letter of Interest with the United States Department of Agriculture to participate in the department’s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program to become eligible for nearly $1 billion in federal funds to
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A longtime Great River Energy leader has been tapped to guide the next chapter for the cooperative’s corporate and member services division. Lisa Orpen was recently named Great River Energy’s vice president and chief corporate and member services officer, where she will lead a team responsible for numerous company functions. “Lisa has been instrumental in
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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 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