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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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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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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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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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Town Hall Meeting - Kevin Kjerstad
SWCE will be hosting four town hall meetings in September.
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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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