Press Release

Dakota Electric Association along with Lakeville Friends of the Environment invite the public to learn more about residential solar installations at the Solar Vendor Fair, April 22. This Earth Day event will provide the public the opportunity to learn about many aspects of producing power through solar. This free, informal vendor tradeshow will feature local solar [...]

Five local high school students were recently selected to receive a trip to Washington, D.C., sponsored by Dakota Electric Association. The winners are Samson Ghirmai, Jessica Kostecki and Megan Smith, Apple Valley High School, Patrick Hartshorn, Lakeville North High School; Tanner Ruppe, Northfield High School. The students will participate in the National Rural Electric Association’s (NRECA) [...]

Dakota Electric Association will hold its Annual Meeting on Thursday, April 30, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church social hall at 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington (next to Dakota Electric’s office). The meeting begins at 7 p.m.; doors open at 6 p.m., and refreshments will be served before the meeting.  Dakota Electric members will have the opportunity to [...]

The Economic Development Association of Minnesota (EDAM) recognized Dakota Electric Association and the city of Eagan for their work in attracting national data center provider, DataBank, at the ‘Excellence in Economic Development Awards’ ceremony held on January 22 in Brooklyn Park. The DataBank project was selected as the ‘2015 Business Recruitment Project of the Year’ not [...]

Dakota Electric Association members can now easily view information and quickly pay their electric bills on their mobile devices thanks to a newly launched mobile website, announced by the member-owned cooperative. “We have provided our most sought after information on our mobile website,” Mike Fosse, vice president, Energy and Member Services, said. “This will allow members [...]

Dakota Electric has received calls from members about a survey they are receiving in the mail from Conservation Minnesota. Dakota Electric did not sanction the survey and has nothing to do with the survey, even though the top of the survey is titled “Dakota Electric Energy Survey.” Dakota Electric is not affiliated with the survey in [...]

Dakota Electric Association will provide five high school juniors or seniors the opportunity to win a trip to Washington, D.C. as part of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s (NRECA) Youth Tour, June 13-18. Each June, more than 1,200 students from across the country travel to Washington, D.C. for the NRECA Youth Tour. During the trip [...]

Military Family Support Group & Town Square Television named runners-up Dakota Electric Association named Miracle League Project, Lakeville, as the local 2014 Touchstone Energy Community Award winner. Military Family Support Group, Burnsville, and Town Square Television, Inver Grove Heights, were named runners-up, and each of the non-profits received a plaque and a check for $500. “Dakota [...]

The Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce (DCRC) recently awarded Dakota Electric Association the Community Leadership Award. The award focuses on businesses that make “remarkable contributions and actions in the community.” The DCRC presented the award to Dakota Electric on November 20 due to community involvement efforts that have helped improve the quality of life in [...]

Dakota Electric Association’s Board of Directors recently visited the Farmington Veterans’ Memorial. The cooperative helped with the project through financial donations totaling $6,000 and by storing the pavers and the folded granite flag at the company’s warehouse during construction. Dakota Electric’s Board of Directors received a tour of the memorial from Leon Orr, the chairman of [...]