Our Power

Rebuilding to record-breaking
Focus and investment have driven the best year of power delivery reliability in Minnkota’s history.

The right way to do rights of way
Minnkota is enhancing its power line corridors with vegetation management and conservation programs.

Reclaiming the land
BNI Coal’s land reclamation processes continue to evolve with the changing needs of local farmers and landowners.

Capturing magic in coal country
Glen Ullin’s Abrasives Inc. harnesses the benefits of Minnkota bottom ash in its signature blasting material.

Down to the wire
The grid reliability alarms are ringing. How is Minnkota Power Cooperative preparing?

Supply chain reaction
Minnkota's Procurement team is finding creative solutions for post-pandemic prices and lead times.

Powerful voices unite
Minnkota recognized the impact of its members, employees and partners during its 84th annual meeting on April 12.

Remaining reliable
Every year, Minnkota's crews work to keep our members and our region more reliable.

No time to freeze
Minnkota Power Cooperative and Cass County Electric Cooperative recently battled the effects of a rare Christmas ice storm.

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

Welcoming Walle
Minnkota’s new transmission substation will both fortify power reliability and support regional load growth.

The quest for continuous improvement
Minnkota hosted its first industry peer review in June, welcoming energy experts from across North America.

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.

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

The full picture of reliability
Infrared camera technology serves an important role in Minnkota’s multipronged preventative maintenance plan.

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

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

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

A solid energy plan for a volatile winter
Minnkota’s cooperative members should prepare for the potential of increased demand response hours this season.

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.

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.

‘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.

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

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

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

One flight, endless opportunity
Minnkota Power Cooperative is reaching new heights with its LiDAR-based survey program.

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

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

Polar vortex reflections
Many regional energy entities learned lessons from the cold weather Maximum Generation Event of January 2019.

Power of coal-laboration
Minnkota and BNI Coal have been building a stronger relationship around optimizing plant and mine practices – and it’s paying off.

All in for the outage
Milton R. Young Station leaders leverage team coordination and adaptability for safe and successful planned outages.

Power delivery crews finish rebuild projects
Minnkota's crews dodged rain and cold this fall to bring life to more modern substations and transmission lines.

Rebuilding for reliability
As Minnkota’s blink outage efforts wind down, line rebuild projects ramp up.

Blink outage mitigation a success
Minnkota data results show blink outages have declined dramatically over hundreds of miles of treated line.

Making our grid smarter
A major Minnkota distribution automation project aims to improve outage response and communication with member-owners.

Minnkota completes Fargo power upgrades
Minnkota Power Cooperative has wrapped up a major conversion project to prepare for the heightened electricity needs of the Fargo-West Fargo community.

Working on the beautiful Angle
The Northwest Angle is vast and scenic, but Minnkota crews sometimes find challenges in providing services to the northernmost point in the contiguous U.S.

Line freeze expertise
During ice events, Minnkota leverages engineering, muscle and teamwork to keep the power on for its members.