NMPA community puts grant-funded DC fast-charging station into service for electric vehicles

Minnkota Power Cooperative and its member-owners have extended their wholesale power contracts.

The Minnkota employee giving fund filled up with donations as donors filled up with ice cream.

Red River Valley Co-op Power has replaced its 73-year-old building with a new modern facility in Halstad, Minn.

The many challenges of Roseau Electric Cooperative's waterlocked Northwest Angle territory are overcome with grit – and a lot of gratitude.

Minnkota hosted its first industry peer review in June, welcoming energy experts from across North America.

New relationships with TC Energy, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kiewit position the project for a final investment decision in early 2024.

Minnkota and its energy marketing team are prepared for the regional energy market’s new four-season approach to resource planning.

Minnkota’s Emergency Rescue Team recently used its unique rope training to safely lower an injured contractor from a 40-foot scaffold.

Cavalier Rural Electric’s line crew responds to downed communication tower with quick thinking, focus on safety

This winter, a Red River Valley Co-op Power lineworker showed courage and calm while assisting an expectant mother following rollover crash.

Minnkota Power Cooperative has recognized the UND engineering students behind the “Batter Shaker” as its annual innovation contest winners.

Minnkota's Communications department has been recognized for its 2022 work in video marketing, animation and photography.

Sydnee Gorder, daughter of Cass County Electric Cooperative lineworker Kelsey Gorder, has brought a national boxing championship title to the Red River Valley.

Photos from a recent sky-high transmission project illustrate the challenges overcome by Minnkota’s dedicated line crews.

Minnkota members have provided nearly $7.9 million to charitable causes through Operation Round Up®.

Minnkota hosts third Feed My Starving Children event at its Grand Forks headquarters.

The new Bemidji Steel Company facility has helped to put a laser focus on the benefits of doing business in Beltrami Electric Cooperative territory.

Minnkota held its 83rd annual meeting on March 31, on the cusp of incredible industry transformation.

Texas native Mike Wade is bringing his vast industry experience to Wild Rice Electric Cooperative as their new CEO.

The new law is raising concerns about grid reliability and affordability in cooperative country.

Arctic Cat is strengthening its legacy in Thief River Falls with diverse employee opportunities and continual product innovation.

Infrared camera technology serves an important role in Minnkota’s multipronged preventative maintenance plan.

The work of Minnkota digital media specialist Michael Hoeft has received top honors in the annual photo contest.

Hospice of the Red River Valley is preparing for a new hospice house in South Fargo, served by Cass County Electric Cooperative.

Middle school students put their cyber skills to the test in first-ever competition.

Minnkota's power production partner BNI coal commissioned the world's newest 757 dragline in Center, North Dakota.

This fall, Minnkota once again played host to the water portion of National Cocker Spaniel Championship.

A recent NERC assessment says risks grow with the retirement of coal and nuclear generation.

Minnkota’s Young Station team has successfully navigated another lengthy maintenance outage with planning and teamwork.

As PKM Electric Cooperative CEO Mike Schmidt retires, protégé Jeff Rustad will become the co-op's new leader in 2023.

Minnkota Power Cooperative will keep its wholesale electricity rates flat amid national and global economic instability.

Three Farm Daughters has created a pasta empire within Nodak Electric Cooperative’s rural footprint.

A transmission line rebuilt by Minnkota Power Cooperative will be protected from woodpecker-caused challenges.

Minnkota’s cooperative members should prepare for the potential of increased demand response hours this season.

The CoBank Sharing Success program matches Minnkota's donations to local organizations.

Minnkota donates a truck to support North Dakota Safety initiative.

State-of-the-art Waukon Dairy is producing gallons of opportunity in Wild Rice Electric Cooperative territory.

Around 75 attendees gathered for the informational presentation in Center, N.D., to learn about the carbon capture initiative.

Minnkota employees assembled care packages this September for plant workers serving on the border in the North Dakota National Guard.

Recently signed Inflation Reduction Act will help accelerate energy projects such as Minnkota's Project Tundra carbon capture initiative.

Greater Bemidji’s relocation program is attracting telecommuters to Beltrami Electric Cooperative’s service area.

Minnkota's plant fuel supervisor, Tony Aman, has made the cooperative proud with his completion of the famous Great Race.

The Rural Access Distribution (RAD) Cooperative is combatting North Dakota grocery store closures with some small-town collaboration.

Matt Marshall, Minnkota’s economic development administrator, answers our five questions on his role at Minnkota and how he is helping our members and municipals promote growth and opportunity in their service territories.

A Red River Valley Co-op Power business member is using native landscaping to improve the ecology of the prairie.

Minnkota president and CEO Mac McLennan recently spoke with NRECA's LiveWire about the opportunities direct-pay tax incentives could hold for Minnkota's Project Tundra.

Minnkota CEO Mac McLennan and NRECA CEO Jim Matheson published a joint opinion column focused on projected grid challenges and what can be done to maintain electric reliability.

National grid operators and regulators are warning that North Dakota and Minnesota may be at risk of power outages this summer.

When a historic late-season winter storm left members of the Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative without power, Minnkota and other electric cooperatives stepped up to help.

Minnkota has logged another successful NERC audit thanks to the cooperative's strong leadership and proactive planning.

Marty Tetrault has taken another step into service as Cavalier Rural Electric’s newest general manager.

Fargo’s Cardinal IG glass plant has found growing power in its partnership with Cass County Electric Cooperative.

Project Tundra has received a $100 million loan from state of North Dakota.

Minnkota was recently honored with two NRECA Spotlight on Excellence awards for its digital and written communication efforts in 2021.

The 2022 Andrew Freeman Design Innovation Awards were held on May 10 at the University of North Dakota.

The agreement will accelerate development of the largest fully permitted carbon storage site in the United States and position major carbon capture and storage projects for success.

On April 1, Minnkota held its first in-person annual meeting in nearly three years. The meeting’s theme, Resilient By Design, recognized how Minnkota persevered through the pandemic, volatile energy market conditions and rapid industry change.

Minnkota’s Power Delivery crews need to overcome many challenges to complete work on a unique northern Minnesota landscape.

Twenty-five years after the historic 1997 ice storm and flood, current Minnkota employees reflected on the natural disasters that tested the resilience of the cooperative.

Minnkota joins community partners to host Grand Forks Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event for a second year.

IDEA Competition winner MUSKOX has taken snow blower innovation by the horns in northwest Minnesota.

The evolving energy transition represents challenges and opportunities for Minnkota and the industry as a whole.

Brutal winter conditions won’t keep the community of Warroad, Minn., from a second year of Riverbend Skate Path fame.

Minnkota and its member cooperatives have reached agreements to extend their contracts by three years to 2058.

The permit approval will help advance the cooperative’s Project Tundra carbon capture initiative.

A major facility expansion will allow an electronics distribution company to thrive within its rural Minnesota community.

A nationwide exercise has become one of the best ways for employees to prepare for the worst.

Milton R. Young Station employees have once again used a major planned outage to keep Unit 1 strong and reliable.

A local food pantry and children’s gift program were the recipients of employees' extra December support.

Minnkota's board of directors approved the 2022 capital and operating budgets, which anticipate no rate adjustment for Class A member cooperatives.

Clearwater-Polk Electric Cooperative recently created a dream experience for a young power enthusiast diagnosed with leukemia.

The FAR1 Amazon Fulfillment Center has become the latest Cass County Electric Cooperative member in a growing Fargo community.

The security of today's grid requires new collaborative strategies - and Minnkota's cybersecurity team is a step ahead in the proccess.

A new Grand Forks research facility is unearthing an energy future in Minnkota’s energy past.

Red Lake Electric Cooperative boasts six employees on the local volunteer fire department.

Two EV ride-and-drive events drew crowds to electric cooperatives in Bemidji and Roseau, Minn., during National Drive Electric Week.

Minnkota special projects counsel Shannon Mikula has been named one of 20 “Co-op Rising Stars” by RE Magazine.

The Fargo-based Grand Farm initiative is leveraging local and global partners to electrify the future of agriculture.

With grid challenges coming into focus, Minnkota leaders are working to chart a path forward.

Minnkota Power Cooperative and Square Butte Electric Cooperative donated $20,000 to local programs as a part of CoBank's matched giving program.

Minnkota and its cooperative members are celebrating major energy legislation recently passed in North Dakota and Minnesota.

Minnkota's system-wide deployment of distribution automation technology is rapidly enhancing response and reliability.

North Star Electric Cooperative’s new general manager is committed to transparency and accessibility.

Auto dealers and co-ops are merging new models, more chargers and incentives to accelerate electric vehicle growth in the north.

University of Jamestown engineers-in-training used a senior project to help enhance Minnkota's plant systems.

Minnkota continued its support of up-and-coming innovators with the 2021 Andrew Freeman Design Innovation Competition.

Roseau Electric Cooperative is expanding its fiber-to-the-home network to more rural members and the City of Roseau.

Clearwater-Polk Electric Cooperative’s Deanna Lefebvre has been chosen to lead as the next general manager.

Bruce Bjerke has retired after 15 years as Clearwater-Polk Electric Cooperative’s general manager.

Minnkota Power Cooperative and Square Butte Electric Cooperative annual meetings reflect on a 2020 navigated with resiliency.

Minnkota has released a new 12-minute video that tells the story of its carbon capture initiative, Project Tundra.

Minnkota's energy marketers combined the cooperative's reliable resources and demand response program to avoid a cold-weather crisis.

A North Dakota farm family has built a packaging company to support the local economy, give back to the community and create a generational legacy.

Minnkota's Grand Forks employees used an annual February giving event to make their donations dollars go further.

The latest Project Tundra simulations show promising properties for CO2 injection and storage near Minnkota's Milton R. Young Station.

After a 43-year cooperative career, North Star Electric’s Ann Ellis is setting a new course – retirement.

A recent Young Station upgrade led to an unexpected equipment gift to Bismarck State College's power plant technology program.

Minnkota's Young Station used a unique surplus of supplies to support the holiday needs of its home communities.

Minnkota has strengthened its supply chain to navigate COVID-19 and new cybersecurity standards.