Office Hours Change:

The new office hours are M-Th, 8 AM - 4:30 PM; Friday, 8 AM - 3:30 PM.

News

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Harvest safety
From dump truck driver to teenager, everyone should be aware of potential electrical hazards
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Energy Efficiency
Don’t waste your energy dollars. Heed these warning signs that your house is losing energy and take steps to fix them.
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General Manager Kelly Hovel
Safety isn’t a poster on the breakroom wall, or a checklist we run through once a year.
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Kevin Kjersten safety day
SWCE employees had the opportunity to learn from local law enforcement and EV industry experts regarding safety. The team also practiced a May Day drill as a safety procedure.
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ASHP
Beyond providing all your cooling, heat pumps are excellent heating sources at times of the year when furnaces are at their least effective, namely during mild and moderately cold weather.
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Bret Wobschall
Bret Wobschall, June 8, became Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric’s operations division manager. “Employees at SWCE have been very welcoming and all have assisted in ensuring a seamless transition…
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DC 2026
Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric Youth Tour Delegates Leighton Richter of Faribault and Connor Louks of Ellendale returned home June 20 after flying with Minnesota’s delegation of 35 students and…
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Kevin Kjersten
Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric Line Foreman Kevin Kjersten (adjacent photo) was promoted, June 15, to line superintendent.
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Schutte with GRE
Great River Energy (GRE) officials conducted a breakfast briefing, June 11, with Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric employees regarding the PowerOn Midwest transmission line project that may go…
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General Manager Kelly Hovel
Recently the communities in our region have played host to informational meetings, comment sessions and open houses related to the proposed transmission build-out across the Midwest. Those…
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Town Hall Meeting - Kevin Kjerstad
SWCE will be hosting four town hall meetings in September.
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MISO Map
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.

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