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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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2026 Scholarship Recipients
Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric awarded $1,000 scholarships to 18 high school seniors who graduated this past school year.
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2025 GRE Sustainability Report
Great River Energy’s 2025 sustainability report, “Powering Good,” is now available online.
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General Manager Kelly Hovel
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…
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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.
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DC 2026
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…
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2026 Elected Directors
Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric 2026 Annual Meeting updates and photos.
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Medford Substation
The new substation in Medford is really about one thing-making sure the community has the power capacity it needs today and into the future.
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Briggs
This will be my last general manager column as I am retiring on June 30th of this year.
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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-…
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Transformer Flag
SWCE lineworkers have begun using grounding flags on junction boxes, switches and transformers for underground lines to serve as critical high-visibility warnings.
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PowerOn Midwest Map
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.

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