Minnesota Rural Electric Association

With the Winter Olympics underway, we wish Team USA the best of luck! We're especially cheering for our fellow Minnesotans! Go Team USA!

Our communications team has been spending the week at the Minnesota Newspaper Association & Minnesota News Media Institute Convention in Brooklyn Park. They are connecting with editors, publishers and reporters to help spread the message of electric cooperatives. We're happy to support and partner with reliable local news.

Today was Day 2 of our Winter Line Superintendent Conference. Working together and sharing knowledge helps keep our cooperatives strong. Looking forward to the third and final day tomorrow!

Day one of MREA’s 2026 Line Superintendents Winter Conference is underway in St. Cloud. Over the next three days, line superintendents and co-op managers will listen, learn and share insights on the opportunities and challenges facing our industry.

Today, Minnesota electric cooperative leaders were in our nation's capital talking with our congressional delegation and their staff. Thank you, Senator Amy Klobuchar and everyone who was able to meet with us today!

They’ve arrived. 💪👷‍♂️ After extensive travel, 60 Minnesota cooperative lineworkers are on the ground in Virginia on a mutual aid mission, ready to help restore power during Winter Storm Fern. A brutal mix of snow and freezing rain is hitting much of the country. Helping those in need is what cooperatives do. Stay Safe!

Electric cooperative employees are always ready to help when a community is in need.

Sixty Minnesota cooperative lineworkers from more than a dozen co-ops across the state are heading to Virginia to assist Rappahannock Electric Cooperative with power restoration efforts.

This is the sixth cooperative principle in action: cooperation among cooperatives. There is no better example than mutual aid, when lineworkers step up to help fellow co-ops and the communities they serve.

Please join us in wishing these crews safe travels as they work to restore power, and a sincere thank-you to all lineworkers braving brutally cold temperatures here at home to keep the lights on.

This morning our government affairs team participated in East Central Energy's legislative event. Thank you to all the legislators and ECE members who took part. Together we can build a more reliable and affordable energy future!

This morning, Darrick joined Fluence Media's The State of Energy in Minnesota forum. He discussed the important role electric cooperatives play in our state and the need for Minnesota to lift its outdated nuclear moratorium. A great event!

Safety is always our top priority. Our Safety team is out conducting trainings nearly every day of the week. From CPR trainings to poll demonstrations to conference presentations, our safety crews are doing it all to keep all of us safe!

We agree! Cooperatives are as American as Apple Pie 🥧🇺🇸

Cooperatives: As American as Apple Pie By JR Claeys, Administrator of the Rural Business & Cooperative Service at USDA Rural Development Cooperatives are, at their core, a very American idea, rooted in our traditions of self-reliance, local initiative, and mutual support. They represent the spirit of neighbors uniting to solve problems a