Dairyland Power Cooperative
Headquarters in La Crosse | |
| Company type | Electric cooperative |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1941 |
| Headquarters | La Crosse, Wisconsin |
Area served | Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois |
| Products | Electric utility Overhead power lines |
| Members | 24 distribution cooperatives and 27 municipal utilities |
| Website | dairylandpower |
Dairyland Power Cooperative is a generation and transmission cooperative headquartered in La Crosse, Wisconsin. It was formed in 1941 to provide wholesale electricity to member cooperatives and municipal utilities in the Upper Midwest. The cooperative serves a region covering Western Wisconsin, Southeast Minnesota, Northeast Iowa, and Northwestern Illinois. As of 2024, Dairyland Power provides electricity to 24 member distribution cooperatives and 27 municipal utilities. Dairyland Power operates a mix of power generation facilities, including coal, natural gas, hydroelectric, solar, wind, and biogas. The cooperative has been involved in regional efforts to transition to cleaner energy sources and improve grid reliability.[1][2]
Gallery
Former Genoa coal power plant and La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor site with a dry cask storage site there now
Dairyland's 24 electric distribution cooperative members
- Allamakee-Clayton Electric Cooperative – Postville, Iowa
- Barron Electric Cooperative – Barron, Wisconsin
- Bayfield Electric Cooperative – Iron River, Wisconsin
- Chippewa Valley Electric Cooperative – Cornell, Wisconsin
- Clark Electric Cooperative – Greenwood, Wisconsin
- Dunn Energy Cooperative – Menomonie, Wisconsin
- Eau Claire Energy Cooperative – Fall Creek, Wisconsin
- Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative – Albert Lea, Minnesota
- Heartland Power Cooperative – Thompson, Iowa & St. Ansgar, Iowa
- Jackson Electric Cooperative – Black River Falls, Wisconsin
- JCE Co-op – Elizabeth, Illinois
- Jump River Electric Cooperative – Ladysmith, Wisconsin
- MiEnergy Cooperative – Rushford, Minnesota | Cresco, Iowa
- Oakdale Electric Cooperative – Oakdale, Wisconsin
- People's Energy Cooperative – Oronoco, Minnesota
- Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services – Ellsworth, Wisconsin
- Polk-Burnett Electric Cooperative – Centuria, Wisconsin
- Price Electric Cooperative – Phillips, Wisconsin
- Richland Electric Cooperative – Richland Center, Wisconsin
- Riverland Energy Cooperative – Arcadia, Wisconsin
- St. Croix Electric Cooperative – Hammond, Wisconsin
- Scenic Rivers Energy Cooperative – Lancaster, Wisconsin
- Taylor Electric Cooperative – Medford, Wisconsin
- Vernon Electric Cooperative – Westby, Wisconsin[3]
See also
- Electric cooperative
- List of power stations in Wisconsin
- List of utility cooperatives
- National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
- RockGen Energy Center
- Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
- Xcel Energy
References
- ^ "Dairyland%20Power%20Cooperative%20|%20DRIVE%20Electric%20USA". Drive Electric USA. January 25, 2024.
- ^ "Key Events Throughout Dairyland's History". Dairyland Power Cooperative.
- ^ https://econdev.dairylandpower.com/our-cooperatives