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If you have a dual fuel heating system, also known as an off-peak system, now is the time to be sure your off-peak controls are functioning, and your backup system is prepared. Your fuel supply…

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216B.097 Cold Weather Rule; Cooperative or Municipal Utility

Subdivision 1. Application; notice to residential customer. (a) A municipal utility or a cooperative…

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Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric Field Technician Gabe Roetman volunteered his services to help with the reconstruction of electric service in Jamaica.

Roetman agreed to volunteer for…

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October is National Co-op Month

by General Manager Syd Briggs

Communities come in all shapes and sizes.

Some are based on geographical proximity, some are based on shared interests or hobbies, and some…

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Ways you can use electricity

by General Manager Syd Briggs

Electricity provides benefits we often take for granted.

It goes well beyond short-term satisfaction by allowing us to charge devices and have…

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How electricity gets to you

by Maura Giles, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)

Electricity plays an essential role in everyday life.

It powers our homes, offices, hospitals and…

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by Jenny Glumack, Minnesota Rural Electric Association (MREA) director of government affairs

The 2024 legislative session adjourned in complete chaos at midnight on Sunday, May 19…

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While the Minnesota delegation was in Washington D.C., we not only visited numerous famous monuments and memorials, but also made lifelong friends and connections along the way.

Some of the…

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Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric’s wholesale energy provider, Great River Energy (GRE), has increased their annual contribution to member-owner cooperatives to donate to organizations benefiting…

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Directors elected to the SWCE board Tuesday, June 4, during the co-op’s 88th annual meeting were (left to right): PJ Duchene, District 1; Neil Schlaak, District 3; and Rodney Krell, District 5.

Directors elected to the SWCE board Tuesday, June 4,
during the co-op’s 88th annual meeting were (left to right):
PJ Duchene, District 1; Neil Schlaak, District 3; and
Rodney Krell,…

Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric awarded $1,000 scholarships to 18 high school seniors who graduated this past school year.

A portion of the funds to support these scholarships come from…

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