Business Description
Dakota Electric Association is a member-owned, not-for-profit electric cooperative.
Dakota Electric serves more than 100,000 members throughout Dakota County and bordering regions of Goodhue, Scott and Rice counties. We are the second largest electric cooperative in Minnesota and ranked among the 25 largest electric distribution cooperatives in the nation. Dakota Electric purchases wholesale electricity from Great River Energy, a generation and transmission cooperative in Maple Grove, Minn.
Disclaimer
Dakota Electric Association’s Facebook page is intended to serve as an informative community page where you can learn about co-op news, promotions, events, energy tips and large outages and restoration efforts. We invite you to comment and ask questions on our wall, though Dakota Electric may not respond to every posting.
This page will generally be monitored by Dakota Electric staff a couple of times a day during regular business hours, unless there is a large outage or other event requiring frequent communication and updates. Dakota Electric does not endorse, nor are we responsible for the accuracy of information, opinions, claims or advice shared by other Facebook users.
This is not a place to report an outage, electrical emergency or unsafe condition. If you are currently experiencing an outage or see an unsafe condition, please call Dakota Electric’s 24-hour outage and emergency service line at 651-463-6201 or 1-800-430-9722 and have the telephone number associated with your account available.
Although Dakota Electric has no obligation to monitor postings on this Facebook page, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to remove postings that:
• Are abusive, defamatory, obscene, disparaging or offensive
• Include names or private information of any Dakota Electric employee, board member, member, etc.
• Solicit readers for any purpose
• Endorse political candidates or views, including those for Dakota Electric Association’s board of directors.
Violation of any of the above rules may result in the fan being suspended, banned or prevented from accessing Dakota Electric's Facebook page.
Member Service & Drive-Up Window
7 a.m. - 7 p.m. Monday - Friday
651-463-6212 or 1-800-874-3409
Hearing Impaired TDD 651-463-6144
Lobby
7 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
24-hour outage & emergency service
651-463-6201 or 1-800-430-9722
Underground cable locations
Gopher State One Call 811 or 651-454-0002 or 1-800-252-1166
Tree trimming & street lights
651-463-6287
Careers
651-463-6129
Dakota Electric is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer
Address & Contact
- Street:
- 4300 220th St. W
- Postcode:
- 55024
- City:
- Farmington
- State:
- Minnesota
- Zip:
- 55024
- Phone:
- 651-463-6212
- Website:
- www.dakotaelectric.com
- Category:
- Local Business
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