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Northland Reliability transmission project provides sizable boost to state’s economy

Company news, Sustainability, Transmission /

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 donates fire test hose station to Trimont Fire Department

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Great River Energy has donated a fire hose test station to the Trimont Fire Department, which is the department that would provide emergency services for Great River Energy’s Lakefield Junction Station in the event of a fire or site emergency. The test station is used to test fire hoses to ensure they are achieving optimal

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Pollinator Strong completes fall plantings

Sustainability /

Great River Energy’s commitment to plant and restore pollinator habitats across its eligible sites continued this fall as several late fall plantings were completed 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 and

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Pollinator Strong schedules fall plantings

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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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Co-op CEO to Congress: ‘Healthy ecosystems can exist under every power line’

Cooperatives, Member-owner cooperatives, Sustainability /

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) works best when the federal government collaborates with local property owners to conserve wildlife. That’s what an electric cooperative leader from Minnesota told a U.S. House of Representatives panel during a recent visit to Washington, D.C. East Central Energy (ECE), one of Great River Energy’s 27 member-owner cooperatives, has firsthand

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Pollinator Strong

Cooperatives, Sustainability /

Great River Energy celebrates commitment to pollinator habitat Great River Energy employees and their families gathered one evening during National Pollinator Week at the company’s Maple Grove building to celebrate the launch of the cooperative’s Pollinator Strong initiative. The event was attended by more than 170 people, including guests from Minnesota Native Landscapes and the

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Great River Energy helps falcons spread their wings

Community, Cooperatives, Sustainability /

Four young falcons were banded at Great River Energy’s Elk River location on May 30. Representatives from the Raptor Resource Project conducted the banding with help from employees. Kelsey Rayment, veterinarian resident for the Raptor Resource Project, collected blood and saliva samples from each of the young falcons to test for the presence of avian

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Great River Energy doubles commitment to pollinator-friendly habitat restoration

Company news, Initiatives, Sustainability /

Plantings and restoration will occur throughout Minnesota over the next five years. Great River Energy, a not-for-profit wholesale electric cooperative serving 27 member-owner distribution cooperatives, announced today a commitment to plant and restore an additional 300 acres of pollinator habitat across current and future eligible sites. The pledge, dubbed Pollinator Strong, is already underway and strengthens the

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