Dakota Electric Association\u00ae<\/sup> at a Glance<\/h1>\n<\/div>Dakota Electric Association is a member-owned, not-for-profit electric distribution cooperative founded by local farmers in 1937 with the help of the Rural Electrification Administration.<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Dakota Electric is regulated by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and reaches more than 117,000 members. This makes Dakota Electric Association the second largest electric cooperative in Minnesota and ranked among the 25 largest electric distribution cooperatives in the nation.<\/p>\n
Dakota Electric Association purchases wholesale electricity from Great River Energy<\/a><\/strong>, a generation and transmission cooperative in Maple Grove, MN. We deliver electricity to homes, businesses and farms in parts of Dakota, Goodhue, Scott and Rice counties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nFacts & Stats<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/h1><\/div>\n- 200 full- and part-time employees<\/li>\n
- 117,000+ members served<\/li>\n
- 4,372 miles of line (3,221 underground and 1,151 overhead)<\/li>\n
- 1.8 billion kWh sold annually<\/li>\n
- $221.8 million total revenue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
Sources of Revenue<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div>\n- 38% commercial accounts<\/li>\n
- 57% residential and farming<\/li>\n
- 5% street lighting and irrigation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
Load Management<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div>\n- Ability to shed more than 20% of peak demand.<\/li>\n
- 100+ megawatts controllable* (summer).<\/li>\n
- 70+ megawatts controllable* (winter).<\/li>\n
- Summer controllable load is equal to the energy used by approximately 30,000 homes.<\/li>\n
- Approximately 47,000 air conditioners on Dakota Electric’s system are on load management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
*Controllable is the estimated amount of load that can be “shut off” when demand reaches peak levels. It varies daily due to conditions.<\/em><\/h5>\n<\/div>Conservation Programs<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div>Dakota Electric Association delivers approximately $3.6 million in conservation programs that include:<\/p>\n
\n- ENERGY STAR\u00ae rebates<\/li>\n
- Commercial EnergyGrants\u00ae<\/li>\n
- Energy audits<\/li>\n
- and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Savings in 2024 totaled more than 30 million kWh.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Renewable Energy<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div>Great River Energy, on behalf of Dakota Electric and other distribution cooperatives, met the state\u2019s renewable energy goal in 2017 \u2014 eight years early. Their new goal is to achieve 50% renewable production by 2030 or earlier. Great River Energy purchases output from a variety of wind and solar projects in Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa for approximately 680 megawatts. Dakota Electric members voluntarily purchase more than 43 million kWh of renewable energy annually through the Wellspring Renewable Energy\u00ae<\/strong><\/a> program.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Affiliations<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.dakotaelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/GRE_Logo_H_Stack_WEB.jpg\")
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<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Related Links<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div>\n- Board of Directors & Leadership<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
- Annual Report<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- 2024 Form 990<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
- 2025 Financial Statements<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
- Generating Your Electricity<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11733,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13682","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dakotaelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dakotaelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dakotaelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dakotaelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dakotaelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13682"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.dakotaelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":719801,"href":"https:\/\/www.dakotaelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13682\/revisions\/719801"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dakotaelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dakotaelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Dakota Electric Association is a member-owned, not-for-profit electric distribution cooperative founded by local farmers in 1937 with the help of the Rural Electrification Administration.<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Dakota Electric is regulated by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and reaches more than 117,000 members. This makes Dakota Electric Association the second largest electric cooperative in Minnesota and ranked among the 25 largest electric distribution cooperatives in the nation.<\/p>\n
Dakota Electric Association purchases wholesale electricity from Great River Energy<\/a><\/strong>, a generation and transmission cooperative in Maple Grove, MN. We deliver electricity to homes, businesses and farms in parts of Dakota, Goodhue, Scott and Rice counties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nFacts & Stats<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/h1><\/div>\n- 200 full- and part-time employees<\/li>\n
- 117,000+ members served<\/li>\n
- 4,372 miles of line (3,221 underground and 1,151 overhead)<\/li>\n
- 1.8 billion kWh sold annually<\/li>\n
- $221.8 million total revenue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
Sources of Revenue<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div>\n- 38% commercial accounts<\/li>\n
- 57% residential and farming<\/li>\n
- 5% street lighting and irrigation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
Load Management<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div>\n- Ability to shed more than 20% of peak demand.<\/li>\n
- 100+ megawatts controllable* (summer).<\/li>\n
- 70+ megawatts controllable* (winter).<\/li>\n
- Summer controllable load is equal to the energy used by approximately 30,000 homes.<\/li>\n
- Approximately 47,000 air conditioners on Dakota Electric’s system are on load management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
*Controllable is the estimated amount of load that can be “shut off” when demand reaches peak levels. It varies daily due to conditions.<\/em><\/h5>\n<\/div>Conservation Programs<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div>Dakota Electric Association delivers approximately $3.6 million in conservation programs that include:<\/p>\n
\n- ENERGY STAR\u00ae rebates<\/li>\n
- Commercial EnergyGrants\u00ae<\/li>\n
- Energy audits<\/li>\n
- and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Savings in 2024 totaled more than 30 million kWh.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>Click Image to Enlarge<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>Click Image to View Service Territory<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Renewable Energy<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div>Great River Energy, on behalf of Dakota Electric and other distribution cooperatives, met the state\u2019s renewable energy goal in 2017 \u2014 eight years early. Their new goal is to achieve 50% renewable production by 2030 or earlier. Great River Energy purchases output from a variety of wind and solar projects in Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa for approximately 680 megawatts. Dakota Electric members voluntarily purchase more than 43 million kWh of renewable energy annually through the Wellspring Renewable Energy\u00ae<\/strong><\/a> program.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Affiliations<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Related Links<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div>\n- Board of Directors & Leadership<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
- Annual Report<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- 2024 Form 990<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
- 2025 Financial Statements<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
- Generating Your Electricity<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11733,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13682","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dakotaelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dakotaelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dakotaelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dakotaelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dakotaelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13682"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.dakotaelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":719801,"href":"https:\/\/www.dakotaelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13682\/revisions\/719801"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dakotaelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dakotaelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Dakota Electric is regulated by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and reaches more than 117,000 members. This makes Dakota Electric Association the second largest electric cooperative in Minnesota and ranked among the 25 largest electric distribution cooperatives in the nation.<\/p>\n
Dakota Electric Association purchases wholesale electricity from Great River Energy<\/a><\/strong>, a generation and transmission cooperative in Maple Grove, MN. We deliver electricity to homes, businesses and farms in parts of Dakota, Goodhue, Scott and Rice counties.<\/p>\n<\/div> Dakota Electric Association delivers approximately $3.6 million in conservation programs that include:<\/p>\n Savings in 2024 totaled more than 30 million kWh.<\/p>\n<\/div> Great River Energy, on behalf of Dakota Electric and other distribution cooperatives, met the state\u2019s renewable energy goal in 2017 \u2014 eight years early. Their new goal is to achieve 50% renewable production by 2030 or earlier. Great River Energy purchases output from a variety of wind and solar projects in Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa for approximately 680 megawatts. Dakota Electric members voluntarily purchase more than 43 million kWh of renewable energy annually through the Wellspring Renewable Energy\u00ae<\/strong><\/a> program.<\/p>\n<\/div>Facts & Stats<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/h1><\/div>
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Sources of Revenue<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div>
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Load Management<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div>
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*Controllable is the estimated amount of load that can be “shut off” when demand reaches peak levels. It varies daily due to conditions.<\/em><\/h5>\n<\/div>
Conservation Programs<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div>
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Click Image to Enlarge<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>Click Image to View Service Territory<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>Renewable Energy<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div>
Affiliations<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div>Related Links<\/strong><\/h2><\/h1><\/div>
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