Minnesota's Electric Cooperatives
Minnesota Rural Electric Association (beat365中文官方网站) is the Minnesota statewide association representing 50 not-for-profit, member-owned rural electric cooperatives.Electric co-ops are community-focused organizations that provide affordable, reliable, and safe electricity. Across the state, we work together to embrace new technologies, design and maintain infrastructure, collaborate with the cooperative network, and keep the grid secure.
MEMBER OWNED
Electric cooperatives belong to the communities they serve. This localized member-ownership structure ensures cooperative decision-making is in the best interest of the community it serves today and into the future.
COMMUNITY-FOCUSED
Minnesota’s electric cooperatives are community-focused organizations. Through an ongoing commitment to charitable giving, cause-related efforts, volunteerism and education, electric cooperatives enhance community quality of life.
NOT FOR PROFIT
Cooperatives serve their communities instead of shareholders. This long-proven business model ensures competitive energy costs, reliability, responsible energy infrastructure investments, and community and economic development.
MEMBER OWNED
Electric cooperatives belong to the communities they serve. This localized member-ownership structure ensures cooperative decision-making is in the best interest of the community it serves today and into the future.
COMMUNITY-FOCUSED
Minnesota’s electric cooperatives are community-focused organizations. Through an ongoing commitment to charitable giving, cause-related efforts, volunteerism and education, electric cooperatives enhance community quality of life.
NOT FOR PROFIT
Cooperatives serve their communities instead of shareholders. This long-proven business model ensures competitive energy costs, reliability, responsible energy infrastructure investments, and community and economic development.
COMMUNITY-FOCUSED
Minnesota’s electric cooperatives are community-focused organizations. Through an ongoing commitment to charitable giving, cause-related efforts, volunteerism and education, electric cooperatives enhance community quality of life.
MEMBER OWNED
Electric cooperatives belong to the communities they serve. This localized member-ownership structure ensures cooperative decision-making is in the best interest of the community it serves today and into the future.
NOT FOR PROFIT
Cooperatives serve their communities instead of shareholders. This long-proven business model ensures competitive energy costs, reliability, responsible energy infrastructure investments, and community and economic development.
Minnesota’s electric cooperatives
supply approximately
%
of Minnesota's electricity
serve over
Minnesotans
operate more than
miles of electric line
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The Minnesota Rural Electric Association (beat365中文官方网站) recently signed a contract securing $290,000 of funding through the Minnesota State Competitiveness Fund. The Minnesota legislature made the funding...
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Rural electric cooperative leaders gather at the Minnesota Rural Electric Association’s 83rd annual meeting
(MAPLE GROVE, MINN) – The Minnesota Rural Electric Association (beat365中文官方网站) held its 83rd annual meeting with the theme “Powering Tomorrow Together” at the St. Paul River Centre in late March. In his...
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beat365中文官方网站 EVENTS
Each year beat365中文官方网站 hosts a wide variety of events throughout Minnesota. For a full list of events for 2024 click here.