The regional grid operator, MISO (Midcontinent Independent System Operator - see adjacent map), released results from its Planning Resource Auction for the upcoming Planning Year 2026-27.
As you read last month, the boards of Steele-Waseca and Goodhue County Cooperative Electric Association (GCCEA) made the decision to share a general manager. Beginning on July 1, I began filling that…
There’s plenty for cooperative member-owners to know about following the 2026 Minnesota legislative session affecting the energy that powers your home, farm or business.
Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric will be represented at the 2026 Youth Tour in Washington, D.C., by Connor Louks, a sophomore at New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva High School, and Leighton…
Great River Energy submitted its integrated resource plan (IRP), April 1, to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, outlining a long-term strategy to reliably and affordably serve its 26 member-…
SWCE lineworkers have begun using grounding flags on junction boxes, switches and transformers for underground lines to serve as critical high-visibility warnings.
An evolving industry landscape is reshaping how electricity is made, moved and used, which means the power grid used to deliver that electricity needs to change, too.