Great River Energy’s employees have successfully served its 28 member-owner cooperatives throughout the pandemic. Nearly half of the cooperative’s employees have continued reporting to their work locations to ensure reliable electricity keeps flowing to member-owners, while the other half have worked remotely since March 12 as a result of the coronavirus. “Great River Energy is […]
Extraordinary times and extraordinary measures – these are the kinds of scenarios that people who manage risk for electric cooperatives think long and hard about year in and year out, even when things are going smoothly. This kind of thinking is what prepared Great River Energy to continue reliable service when the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic […]
Employees who are trained and equipped on life saving skills are essential. As a cooperative that serves much of rural Minnesota, Great River Energy employees are strategically located to ensure fast restoration of power and can assist in emergency situations, if called upon. Two employees went above and beyond in separate emergency situations and were […]
Yesterday’s snow and ice caused widespread destruction on the powerline system, leaving thousands of electric cooperative members without power. With more than 323 transmission line structures down on their system and 15 substations without power, Great River Energy, wholesale power supplier 28 member-owner cooperatives, asks for patience and urges the public to beware of downed […]
The storm we are experiencing across the state is having a severe impact on the electric system for Great River Energy, its member-owner cooperatives, and our neighboring utilities. We have approximately 200 structures down on our transmission system and we understand that our neighboring utilities have approximately 150 structures down on their systems. As the […]
Midwest AgEnergy announced employees at the Blue Flint biorefinery have surpassed 1 million hours of safely working without a lost-time accident. A lost-time accident is defined as time lost to an employee who is injured on the job and cannot return to the next regularly scheduled shift. The streak began April 13, 2007. To put […]
Safety is a core value at Great River Energy, and employees are empowered to look for ways to enhance safety on the job and at home. Here is a sample of the many ways employees helped Great River Energy operate safely in 2016. Access doors at Coal Creek Station: Four heavy steel access doors are […]
Great River Energy’s safety administrators from Minnesota and North Dakota highlighted Great River Energy’s safety communications program at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s 2016 Safety Leadership Summit in Dallas, Texas, Nov. 16 to 18. They joined safety administrators from other cooperatives to discuss best practices in engaging and training cooperative employees. Safety is deeply […]
Great River Energy wants everyone to be safe – on the job and at home. For the past two years, Great River Energy has been promoting the theme “Safety is Personal,” which highlights individual employees and the reasons why they make safety a priority both on and off the job. This campaign has been promoted […]
Diligence, discipline and strong encouragement for learning CPR and first aid led a trio of Great River Energy employees to save the life of a guest speaker who collapsed during a recent presentation. “We didn’t know what to think. Everything was fine, and then the facilitator just tipped over backwards, flat on his back,” said […]