Tag: Utility cooperative

  • Celebrate Cooperatives this October

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    The Wisconsin Ag Connection encourages Americans to celebrate cooperatives this month: Wisconsin kicks off Cooperative Month in October, there is new evidence that people prefer to do business with cooperatives over investor-owned businesses. That’s according to Cooperative Network, which commissioned a survey through the St. Norbert College Strategic Research Institute that shows 47 percent of consumers…

  • Local Cooperatives Purchase Electric Service Territory from Alliant Energy

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    The Lakefield Standard announces 12 local cooperatives have purchased the electric service territory in southern Minnesota from Alliant Energy. SMEC officials on Tuesday announced they have reached a definitive agreement to acquire territory from Alliant Energy. The transaction is contingent upon regulatory approval. Assuming the acquisition is approved by regulators, it is expected to close in 2014. …