Outage

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

A powerful brotherhood
A group of Minnkota siblings built upon a family legacy during the Milton R. Young Station maintenance outage this fall.

Road trip for restoration
This October, 10 Minnkota member-cooperative lineworkers hit the road to South Carolina to provide mutual aid following Hurricane Helene.

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.

Grid regulators issue warnings about power reliability
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.

No time to freeze
Minnkota Power Cooperative and Cass County Electric Cooperative recently battled the effects of a rare Christmas ice storm.
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Minnkota crews respond to Christmas ice storm damage
More than 50 transmission line poles are downed or damaged in southeastern North Dakota following a destructive ice storm.

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.

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

Nation’s electric grid could face winter challenges
A recent NERC assessment says risks grow with the retirement of coal and nuclear generation.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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