Great River Energy and Things to Know
Cooperatives: There are a total of 28 cooperatives that belong to Great River Energy.
Consumers: There are 580,000 member/consumer accounts or about 1.5 million people, at an average of 7.0 consumers per mile. Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric has 4.0 consumers per mile.
Distribution Line: Total distribution line in all 28 cooperatives service areas is 82,718 miles.
Employees: There are a total of 700 employees in Great River Energy and Coal Creek.
Headquarters: Great River Energy is located at 17845 East Highway 10, P.O. Box 800, Elk River, MN 55330-0800. www.GreatRiverEnergy.com
Controlled Loads
MW – MW= Mega-Watt & 1 Mega-Watt equals 10,000/100 watt light bulbs
Tours – Over 4,000 members tour The Coal Creek Station and Falkirk Mine per year.
| Coal Creek Station | Underwood, ND Unit 1-79 / Unit 2-801116 MW | 1116 MW |
| Including the +-400 VDC Line to Mpls. | 436 Miles | |
| Stanton Station Stanton | ND – 1966 | 188 MW |
| Genoa | 3 La Crosse, WI | 171 MW |
| Pleasant Valley Sargent | MN – peaking plant 2001 | 423 MW |
| Lakefield Junction Trimont | MN – peaking plant 2001 | 528 MW |
| Elk River Station | Elk River, MN | 35 MW |
| St. Bonifacius | St. Bonifacius, MN – peaking plant | 20MW |
| Maple Lake | Maple Lake, MN | 19 MW |
| Cambridge | Cambridge, MN | 20 MW |
| Wind Energy Purchases | Throughout Minnesota | 18 MW |
| Power purchased from the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) | 100 MW |