
Fast charging in Fosston
NMPA community puts grant-funded DC fast-charging station into service for electric vehicles
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Stronger together
Minnkota Power Cooperative and its member-owners have extended their wholesale power contracts.
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Minnkota Cares raises $3,947 for local causes
The Minnkota employee giving fund filled up with donations as donors filled up with ice cream.
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A new home in Halstad
Red River Valley Co-op Power has replaced its 73-year-old building with a new modern facility in Halstad, Minn.
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The lineworkers of the lake
The many challenges of Roseau Electric Cooperative's waterlocked Northwest Angle territory are overcome with grit – and a lot of gratitude.
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The quest for continuous improvement
Minnkota hosted its first industry peer review in June, welcoming energy experts from across North America.
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Project Tundra moves into final development stage
New relationships with TC Energy, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kiewit position the project for a final investment decision in early 2024.
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Energy for every season
Minnkota and its energy marketing team are prepared for the regional energy market’s new four-season approach to resource planning.
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Rising to the occasion
Minnkota’s Emergency Rescue Team recently used its unique rope training to safely lower an injured contractor from a 40-foot scaffold.
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Towering Leadership
Cavalier Rural Electric’s line crew responds to downed communication tower with quick thinking, focus on safety
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Highway 75 hero
This winter, a Red River Valley Co-op Power lineworker showed courage and calm while assisting an expectant mother following rollover crash.
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Andrew Freeman Competition team takes the cake
Minnkota Power Cooperative has recognized the UND engineering students behind the “Batter Shaker” as its annual innovation contest winners.
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Minnkota receives communications honors from NRECA
Minnkota's Communications department has been recognized for its 2022 work in video marketing, animation and photography.
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Lights out!
Sydnee Gorder, daughter of Cass County Electric Cooperative lineworker Kelsey Gorder, has brought a national boxing championship title to the Red River Valley.
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Teamwork at its height
Photos from a recent sky-high transmission project illustrate the challenges overcome by Minnkota’s dedicated line crews.
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Rounding up for their communities
Minnkota members have provided nearly $7.9 million to charitable causes through Operation Round Up®.
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Hairnets and helping hands
Minnkota hosts third Feed My Starving Children event at its Grand Forks headquarters.
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A cut above the rest
The new Bemidji Steel Company facility has helped to put a laser focus on the benefits of doing business in Beltrami Electric Cooperative territory.
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Powering the journey ahead
Minnkota held its 83rd annual meeting on March 31, on the cusp of incredible industry transformation.
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From 10-gallon hats to 10,000 lakes
Texas native Mike Wade is bringing his vast industry experience to Wild Rice Electric Cooperative as their new CEO.
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Minnesota adopts carbon-free mandate
The new law is raising concerns about grid reliability and affordability in cooperative country.
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Putting the power in powersports
Arctic Cat is strengthening its legacy in Thief River Falls with diverse employee opportunities and continual product innovation.
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The full picture of reliability
Infrared camera technology serves an important role in Minnkota’s multipronged preventative maintenance plan.
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Minnkota wins RE Magazine Photo of the Year
The work of Minnkota digital media specialist Michael Hoeft has received top honors in the annual photo contest.
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Heart of the community
Hospice of the Red River Valley is preparing for a new hospice house in South Fargo, served by Cass County Electric Cooperative.
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Cyber Madness strikes at Minnkota headquarters
Middle school students put their cyber skills to the test in first-ever competition.
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Building a legacy
Minnkota's power production partner BNI coal commissioned the world's newest 757 dragline in Center, North Dakota.
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Spaniels splash into Nelson Lake
This fall, Minnkota once again played host to the water portion of National Cocker Spaniel Championship.
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Nation’s electric grid could face winter challenges
A recent NERC assessment says risks grow with the retirement of coal and nuclear generation.
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Major outage insight
Minnkota’s Young Station team has successfully navigated another lengthy maintenance outage with planning and teamwork.
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Locally grown leadership
As PKM Electric Cooperative CEO Mike Schmidt retires, protégé Jeff Rustad will become the co-op's new leader in 2023.
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2023 rates projected to be stable for sixth straight year
Minnkota Power Cooperative will keep its wholesale electricity rates flat amid national and global economic instability.
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Family, farming, and feeding carb cravings
Three Farm Daughters has created a pasta empire within Nodak Electric Cooperative’s rural footprint.
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Pecking disorder
A transmission line rebuilt by Minnkota Power Cooperative will be protected from woodpecker-caused challenges.
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A solid energy plan for a volatile winter
Minnkota’s cooperative members should prepare for the potential of increased demand response hours this season.
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Minnkota and CoBank show concern for community
The CoBank Sharing Success program matches Minnkota's donations to local organizations.
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Minnkota helps take ag safety on the road
Minnkota donates a truck to support North Dakota Safety initiative.
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A circle of benefits from Minnesota milk
State-of-the-art Waukon Dairy is producing gallons of opportunity in Wild Rice Electric Cooperative territory.
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Minnkota hosts Project Tundra landowner meeting
Around 75 attendees gathered for the informational presentation in Center, N.D., to learn about the carbon capture initiative.
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Sending care from North Dakota
Minnkota employees assembled care packages this September for plant workers serving on the border in the North Dakota National Guard.
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Minnkota applauds electric co-op provisions in Inflation Reduction Act
Recently signed Inflation Reduction Act will help accelerate energy projects such as Minnkota's Project Tundra carbon capture initiative.
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Living great in the 218
Greater Bemidji’s relocation program is attracting telecommuters to Beltrami Electric Cooperative’s service area.
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Old car, new tricks
Minnkota's plant fuel supervisor, Tony Aman, has made the cooperative proud with his completion of the famous Great Race.
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Food for the community, food for the soul
The Rural Access Distribution (RAD) Cooperative is combatting North Dakota grocery store closures with some small-town collaboration.
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5 questions with Matt Marshall, Minnkota's economic development administrator
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.
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Harnessing the grit of the grass
A Red River Valley Co-op Power business member is using native landscaping to improve the ecology of the prairie.
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CEO McLennan speaks on direct-pay incentives (LiveWire)
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.
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Minnkota, NRECA CEOs publish op-ed on reliability
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.
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Sounding the alarm on grid reliability
National grid operators and regulators are warning that North Dakota and Minnesota may be at risk of power outages this summer.
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Answering the call
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.
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‘A culture of compliance’
Minnkota has logged another successful NERC audit thanks to the cooperative's strong leadership and proactive planning.
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Community and cooperative connector
Marty Tetrault has taken another step into service as Cavalier Rural Electric’s newest general manager.
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Bringing the heat in the glass industry
Fargo’s Cardinal IG glass plant has found growing power in its partnership with Cass County Electric Cooperative.
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Project Tundra receives $100 million loan from state of North Dakota
Project Tundra has received a $100 million loan from state of North Dakota.
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Minnkota Communications team collects national awards
Minnkota was recently honored with two NRECA Spotlight on Excellence awards for its digital and written communication efforts in 2021.
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WoundAssure wins 2022 Freeman Design Awards
The 2022 Andrew Freeman Design Innovation Awards were held on May 10 at the University of North Dakota.
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Minnkota and Summit Carbon Solutions announce CO2 storage partnership
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.
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Resilient By Design
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.
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A bear of a line project
Minnkota’s Power Delivery crews need to overcome many challenges to complete work on a unique northern Minnesota landscape.
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The wrath of the Red
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.
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A place for volts and vitamins
Minnkota joins community partners to host Grand Forks Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event for a second year.
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Ahead of the herd
IDEA Competition winner MUSKOX has taken snow blower innovation by the horns in northwest Minnesota.
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Grid operators, regulators forecast reliability risks
The evolving energy transition represents challenges and opportunities for Minnkota and the industry as a whole.
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The ice (and nice) is stronger here
Brutal winter conditions won’t keep the community of Warroad, Minn., from a second year of Riverbend Skate Path fame.
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Minnkota members extend wholesale power contracts
Minnkota and its member cooperatives have reached agreements to extend their contracts by three years to 2058.
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Minnkota receives CO2 storage permit from NDIC
The permit approval will help advance the cooperative’s Project Tundra carbon capture initiative.
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The Digi-Key difference
A major facility expansion will allow an electronics distribution company to thrive within its rural Minnesota community.
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Minnkota shows grit and growth during GridEx
A nationwide exercise has become one of the best ways for employees to prepare for the worst.
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‘Keep calm and outage on’
Milton R. Young Station employees have once again used a major planned outage to keep Unit 1 strong and reliable.
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Employees donate $3,507 to holiday causes
A local food pantry and children’s gift program were the recipients of employees' extra December support.
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Rate stability highlights 2022 budget
Minnkota's board of directors approved the 2022 capital and operating budgets, which anticipate no rate adjustment for Class A member cooperatives.
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The lineworker treatment
Clearwater-Polk Electric Cooperative recently created a dream experience for a young power enthusiast diagnosed with leukemia.
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Reliable power for reliable packages
The FAR1 Amazon Fulfillment Center has become the latest Cass County Electric Cooperative member in a growing Fargo community.
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Looking beyond the digital walls
The security of today's grid requires new collaborative strategies - and Minnkota's cybersecurity team is a step ahead in the proccess.
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Fresh power in the old power plant
A new Grand Forks research facility is unearthing an energy future in Minnkota’s energy past.
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Hard hats and fire helmets
Red Lake Electric Cooperative boasts six employees on the local volunteer fire department.
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Minnkota celebrates Drive Electric Week with co-op partners
Two EV ride-and-drive events drew crowds to electric cooperatives in Bemidji and Roseau, Minn., during National Drive Electric Week.
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RE Magazine features Shannon Mikula
Minnkota special projects counsel Shannon Mikula has been named one of 20 “Co-op Rising Stars” by RE Magazine.
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Collaborate, innovate, cultivate, repeat
The Fargo-based Grand Farm initiative is leveraging local and global partners to electrify the future of agriculture.
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Driving the dialogue on grid reliability
With grid challenges coming into focus, Minnkota leaders are working to chart a path forward.
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Minnkota and CoBank team up to “Share Success”
Minnkota Power Cooperative and Square Butte Electric Cooperative donated $20,000 to local programs as a part of CoBank's matched giving program.
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Successful sessions
Minnkota and its cooperative members are celebrating major energy legislation recently passed in North Dakota and Minnesota.
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Substation communication revolution
Minnkota's system-wide deployment of distribution automation technology is rapidly enhancing response and reliability.
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Compton ready to answer the call
North Star Electric Cooperative’s new general manager is committed to transparency and accessibility.
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From zero to EV
Auto dealers and co-ops are merging new models, more chargers and incentives to accelerate electric vehicle growth in the north.
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Minnkota and Jamestown students partner for improvement
University of Jamestown engineers-in-training used a senior project to help enhance Minnkota's plant systems.
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Student engineers recognized in annual Freeman Competition
Minnkota continued its support of up-and-coming innovators with the 2021 Andrew Freeman Design Innovation Competition.
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Built for service
Roseau Electric Cooperative is expanding its fiber-to-the-home network to more rural members and the City of Roseau.
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Recipe for success
Clearwater-Polk Electric Cooperative’s Deanna Lefebvre has been chosen to lead as the next general manager.
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Clear leadership
Bruce Bjerke has retired after 15 years as Clearwater-Polk Electric Cooperative’s general manager.
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We power on
Minnkota Power Cooperative and Square Butte Electric Cooperative annual meetings reflect on a 2020 navigated with resiliency.
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Minnkota produces Project Tundra video
Minnkota has released a new 12-minute video that tells the story of its carbon capture initiative, Project Tundra.
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Power over the market
Minnkota's energy marketers combined the cooperative's reliable resources and demand response program to avoid a cold-weather crisis.
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Popping into business
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.
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Minnkota Jeans Day Fund gives big on Giving Hearts Day
Minnkota's Grand Forks employees used an annual February giving event to make their donations dollars go further.
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Finding injection perfection
The latest Project Tundra simulations show promising properties for CO2 injection and storage near Minnkota's Milton R. Young Station.
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North Star's guiding light
After a 43-year cooperative career, North Star Electric’s Ann Ellis is setting a new course – retirement.
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Minnkota donates pump to BSC
A recent Young Station upgrade led to an unexpected equipment gift to Bismarck State College's power plant technology program.
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Minnkota donates food and supplies to community
Minnkota's Young Station used a unique surplus of supplies to support the holiday needs of its home communities.
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Buyer beware
Minnkota has strengthened its supply chain to navigate COVID-19 and new cybersecurity standards.
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