2020s

2023

• Ben Campbell (Environmental Biologist) and Brad Foss (Director, Environmental and Compliance) were awarded the 2023 Electric Power Research Institute's (EPRI) Technology Transfer Award for Novel Application of Traveling Screens for Fish Protection, resulting from the JPM Traveling Water Screen Optimization Study.
• The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) named Dairyland to develop, own and operate a new 345-kilovolt (kV) transmission line (Alma-Blair Transmission Proj

Dairyland is proud of its history as a pioneer in rural electrification. The generation and transmission cooperative formed in 1941, bringing light and power to the homes and farms in “America’s Dairyland.” Specifically serving rural communities and countryside, Dairyland continues to ease work conditions and improve quality of life for residents by delivering a safe, reliable supply of energy in its four-state service territory.

To learn more about key events in Dairyland’s history, please click on the links below.