HOME / Newsroom Media contacts Minnesota Therese LaCanne tlacanne@grenergy.com 763-445-5710 North Dakota Lyndon Anderson landerson1@grenergy.com 701-442-7036 Want to know where we stand on key issues? VIEW OUR POSITION STATEMENTS Interested in using our company name or logo? VIEW OUR GUIDELINES Latest Stories Pollinator habitat grows in Elk River November 17, 2021 Approximately 3.4 new acres of Great River Energy’s Elk River campus were planted with a mix of butterfly milkweed, black-eyed Susans, little bluestems and other pollinator-friendly species in September. This is in addition to the 9 acres of pollinator habitat planted at the site in 2016. The new prairie is located at the site of […] Categories: Cooperatives, Pollinators, Sustainability Resilience rises in focus as weather gets more extreme November 17, 2021 Over the last several years, the electric utility industry has placed greater emphasis on the concept of resilience. In the very simplest of terms: Reliability is keeping the lights on and resilience is the ability to get the lights back on as quickly as possible following an interruption. These are not new interests for electric […] Categories: Cooperatives, Grid modernization, Transmission Award honors co-op employee’s life-saving call November 17, 2021 An electric cooperative employee’s quick thinking and concern for a member’s well-being led to recognition from a statewide organization. Shannon Klinker, an assistant accountant/payroll clerk at Two Harbors-based Cooperative Light & Power (CLP), fielded a call last month from a co-op member looking for any lineworkers who were current or former volunteer firefighters to check […] Categories: Member-owner cooperatives, People, Safety, Sustainability Patel elected to Midwest Reliability Organization board November 17, 2021 Great River Energy Vice President and Chief Transmission Officer Priti Patel was elected in early November to the Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO) board of directors. The MRO recently asked for nominations from its industry sector members to fill seats on its board of directors. Patel will represent the cooperative sector. Her term will start Jan. […] Categories: Company news, People, Sustainability Cybersecurity program earns national acclaim November 17, 2021 Information Security Program Manager Marc Child was recently recognized for his — and Great River Energy’s — efforts to promote a safe and secure electric system. Child was honored with the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center’s (E-ISAC) Electricity Security Service Award. The inaugural award was presented during GridSecCon, a North American Electric Reliability Corporation […] Categories: Company news, People, Sustainability ← older Archives 2021 2020 2019 2018 LOAD MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEMBER-OWNER ENERGY WISE MN ABOUT US CAREERS FINANCIAL NEWSROOM CONTACT PRIVACY TERMS 12300 Elm Creek Boulevard Maple Grove, MN 55369-4718 763-445-5000 © 2021 Great River Energy NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP