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Keep up-to-date on industry news and the latest happenings at East River.
Cooperatives work together to provide power, reduce risk
Our region’s electric cooperatives have always worked together for the benefit of all consumers in our area. When there is growth in one area, all of the other cooperatives pool their resources through their membership in the wholesale electric cooperative they...
Basin Electric and West River Solar announce Power Purchase Agreements for South Dakota solar projects
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Joan Dietz, Manager of Communications Bismarck, N.D. – Two new solar projects in South Dakota will provide another 20 megawatts (MW) of affordable, renewable power to Basin Electric customers. Basin Electric Power Cooperative...
Numbers Behind the Power: Understanding Electric Cooperative Wholesale Rates
When was the last time you took a close look at your electric bill? If you’re like most, you probably don’t review it often and, when you do, it can be tempting to just scan and focus on the bottom line. We get it, time is short, and life is busy. But it’s important...
PUC Approves Construction Permit for Wild Springs Solar Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 24, 2020 MEDIA CONTACT: Leah Mohr, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, (605) 773-3201 or (605) 280-4327 PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission today approved a construction permit for the Wild Springs Solar...
Electric Cooperatives Were Built by Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Neighbors helping neighbors. It’s a common phrase heard in rural America. We step up when our neighbors need help. That’s how the cooperative movement started around here. Neighbors made a promise to each other and worked to see it through. Oil and agriculture...
East River Crew Helps Madison Prepare for Christmas
East River Electric Cooperative’s Madison crews removed a large evergreen tree from Dakota State University's campus to be donated as the Community Christmas Tree. They transported the tree from campus to the Dairy Queen parking lot. Employees from the City of Madison...
Thanksgiving Food Drive a Success!
East River employees participated in a Thanksgiving food drive for the Lake County Food Pantry. Employees donated a combination of groceries and over $100 in cash to provide 24 complete Thanksgiving meals for local families. The meals included ham, dressing, potatoes...
Long-term Contracts Provide Stability and Certainty
In an increasingly uncertain world, people need something they can count on. For 70 years, East River Electric Power Cooperative has been serving its member cooperatives with reliable, affordable and sustainable electricity. Our member systems distribute that energy...
We’re Thinking About Your Future at East River Electric
We’re thinking about your future at East River Electric. Not only that, we’re thinking of your children, your grandchildren and beyond. That’s why you created this cooperative. To provide energy today in a reliable and responsible way, and to build for the future, so...
Cooperative Power Supply Network Benefits Consumers
East River Electric Power Cooperative was created 70 years ago by the region’s rural electric cooperatives to provide wholesale power supply. That mission continues today as East River’s 25 member electric distribution systems have ownership in East River Electric...