The $4.2 million award is the first installment of up to $350 million made available to the project in late 2023.

Minnkota is now one of 16 cooperatives with access to $7.3 billion in federal funding for carbon-reduction projects.

The grid reliability alarms are ringing. How is Minnkota Power Cooperative preparing?

Electric grid reliability risks are increasing with each passing year. Recently, many of the nation’s grid operators and regulators have begun speaking out about their concerns.

The regional grid is facing a high to extreme risk of reliability issues in the next five years, due to fewer resources with reliability attributes.

Minnkota and its members had an opportunity to prepare for the worst during the national GridEx event.

Minnkota remains in a strong financial position despite inflation and supply chain challenges.

A new EPA power plant proposal could put grid reliability at risk.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Virtual meetings have kept Minnkota engaged with lawmakers in advance of important legislative sessions.

From innovative engineering to flawless work in the field, Minnkota is working to enhance and improve its demand response system.

Wild Rice Electric Cooperative’s new CEO brings more than two decades of co-op experience.

Wild Rice Electric Cooperative CEO Steve Haaven has retired after 47 years of service to members.

Average wholesale rates are projected to remain stable as Minnkota’s rate structure change is implemented.

With COVID-19 precautions in place, Minnkota crews have continued through a full docket of projects – and the work is paying off for members.

This summer, lineworker Ryan Kemnitz stood strong under pressure and potentially saved a life in the Bemidji, Minn. area.

Minnkota Power Cooperative and Square Butte Electric Cooperative shared an unprecedented day of distanced reports, votes, accolades and farewells.

Minnkota has received recognition from the Grand Forks Police Department for providing last-minute materials for the funeral service of a fallen officer.

The carbon capture initiative is finding the support and partners needed for ultimate success.

Minnkota employees continue to power on as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the globe.

Demand response is key to managing rush hour on the region’s electric system.

Minnkota will celebrate 80 years of power generation and transmission in 2020, but the past decade has been among the most dynamic in the cooperative’s history.

Digital defense takes people power at Minnkota, from education to implementation.