Draft:Dairyland Power Cooperative

  • Comment: The only sources that mention Dairyland Power seem to be regurgitated press releases? Qcne (talk) 19:43, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment: Just blatant advertising at the moment. Theroadislong (talk) 22:19, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment: please remove ALL of the external links from the body of the article we don't use them. Theroadislong (talk) 22:18, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Dairyland Power Cooperative
Company typeElectric cooperative
IndustryElectric utility
FoundedDecember 1941 (December 1941)
Headquarters,
Area served
Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin
ProductsElectricity
Revenue$531.1 million (2022)
Number of employees
462
Websitewww.dairylandpower.com

Dairyland Power Cooperative (Dairyland) is an American energy company formed in December 1941 by the merging of two of the nation's earliest generation and transmission cooperatives: Wisconsin Power Cooperative and Tri-State Cooperative. Headquartered in La Crosse, Wis., Dairyland provides the wholesale electrical requirements for 24 distribution cooperatives and 27 municipal utilities in a four-state service area (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois).

According to the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, electric cooperatives serve 56 percent of the U.S. landmass, which includes 42 million people.[1] Electric cooperatives are not-for-profit organizations and returned more than $1.4 billion in capital credits to their members in 2021.[1]

Generation resources

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Dairyland Power Cooperative provides its members and power supply customers with electricity via generation resources that it owns and operates, including: hydroelectric, natural gas, coal, landfill gas wind and solar generation. Dairyland sells all the electricity it generates and purchases all of its electricity needs from the Midcontinent Independent System Operator - one of nine regional transmission/independent system operators in North America.

Dairyland is exploring small modular nuclear reactors (SMR)[2], pumped hydro storage[3] and long-term energy (battery) storage technologies for future electricity generation.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (April 2023). "Co-op Facts & Figures" (PDF).
  2. ^ Hubbuch, Chris (15 March 2022). "Back to the Future: After 35 years, La Crosse utility takes fresh look at nuclear power". Wisconsin State Journal.
  3. ^ "Dairyland Power Cooperative Exploring Pumped Hydro Energy Storage". WisBusiness.com. 14 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Biden-Harris Administration Announces $325 Million For Long-Duration Energy Storage Projects to Increase Grid Resilience and Protect America's Communities". energy.gov. 22 September 2023.