It’s Electric Co-op election season and YOUR VOTE is needed!

It’s Electric Co-op election season and YOUR VOTE is needed!

It’s election season for Minnesota’s electric co-ops, and member-owners across the state are casting votes. They are making their voices heard on the future of their utility and its energy system. During a global pandemic and corresponding economic crisis, electric...
Electric Co-ops need to be bold leaders in a time of crisis

Electric Co-ops need to be bold leaders in a time of crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing a myriad of weaknesses in our world’s economic, political, and social systems. Millions of people will be impacted worldwide, and the virus has already driven a major collapse on Wall Street. Times are going to be very tough for...
UCS Report links MN Electric Cooperatives to Coal Contracts

UCS Report links MN Electric Cooperatives to Coal Contracts

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) just released an issue brief on Minnesota electric cooperatives (“co-ops”) and the role of out-of-state coal-fired power plants. While Minnesota-based coal plants are being phased out, local electric cooperatives in the state...
State further restricts PUC oversight of electric co-ops

State further restricts PUC oversight of electric co-ops

“The omnibus jobs and energy legislation signed by Gov. Mark Dayton will remove utility regulators’ authority to settle customer disputes with electric co-ops — a measure the governor earlier vetoed as a single-issue bill. The new law will diminish the Minnesota...