With some help from Minnkota Power Cooperative, Grafton, North Dakota, has broken ground on a critical new housing complex.

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.

Minnkota's communications team has earned two Spotlight on Excellence Awards for 2023 projects.

Minnkota Power Cooperative is voicing concern with final power plant rules from EPA.

Minnkota Vice President of External Affairs has been named one of 15 Women You Should Know by the North Dakota Chamber.

New Cass County Electric Cooperative leader Paul Matthys reflects on his journey from tradesman to CEO.

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.

Cass County Electric Cooperative CEO Marshal Albright will retire in April after 37 years of service.

More than 50 transmission line poles are downed or damaged in southeastern North Dakota following a destructive ice storm.

The U.S. Department of Energy awards Project Tundra with additional funding.

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

North Star Electric Cooperative has named co-op veteran Kevin Holen as its new general manager.

Minnkota’s Safety manager attributes a milestone of 2 million hours with no lost-time injuries to a culture of openness.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

On Nov. 20, Minnkota’s Milton R. Young Station will mark 50 years of generating reliable and affordable electric power for the region.

North Dakota’s Capitol Hill cohort communicated proud support of Project Tundra during a recent tour at Minnkota's Milton R. Young Station.

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.

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.

Projects promoting electric transportation and Minnkota’s carbon capture initiative have garnered accolades from the NRECA.

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded funding to the Energy and Environmental Research Center for the next research phase of Project Tundra.

Join Minnkota Power Cooperative in reflecting on an eight-decade history of powering North Dakota and Minnesota.

As the global coronavirus pandemic spreads to the United States, Minnkota will continue to keep power flowing to its members.

It is the first time the cooperative has received the Greater Grand Forks Young Professionals’ Grow Grand Award.

Minnkota has marked its 32nd year of offering continuing education courses for area electricians.

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.

Minnkota’s power generation facility has earned the Lignite Energy Council’s Distinguished Safety Award.

Minnkota has received $9.8 million in federal grant funding to move forward on a Project Tundra design study.

Minnkota recognizes team of University of North Dakota students for developing an innovative health prototype for patients with stability impairments.

Minnkota generation partner BNI Coal will research and test ways to improve its already award-winning reclamation processes.

Minnkota's power generation facility has passed a million work hours without a lost-time injury.

The tax exemption legislation will help North Dakota's coal-based power facilities move forward with carbon capture efforts.

Minnkota Power and Square Butte Cooperatives gather to reflect on a successful 2018 and discuss the challenges of the future.

Proposed legislation could better support Minnkota's Project Tundra efforts for carbon capture and sequestration.