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East River Electric Celebrates Employee’s Years of Service
East River Electric Power Cooperative recently presented service awards to 19 employees with years of service ranging from five to 45 years. “I’d like to congratulate this year’s service award recipients and thank them for their dedication to East River Electric. We...
Jody Sundsted Receives Eminent Service Award from East River Electric Power Cooperative
Jody Sundsted, retired Senior Vice President and Upper Great Plains Manager for the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), was presented with East River Electric Power Cooperative’s highest honor, the Eminent Service Award, during the organization’s 71st annual...
Paul Sukut Receives Eminent Service Award from East River Electric Power Cooperative
Paul Sukut, who served as Chief Executive Officer for Basin Electric Power Cooperative for the past 7 years, was presented with East River Electric Power Cooperative’s highest honor, the Eminent Service Award, during the organization’s 71st annual meeting Sept. 8,...
East River Electric Power Cooperative Holds 71st Annual Meeting
East River Electric Power Cooperative held its 71st annual meeting Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, at the Best Western Plus Ramkota Hotel in Sioux Falls. The theme of this year’s annual meeting was ‘Cooperatives: The Power of Working Together’. The meeting highlighted the...
East River Electric Hires Shewey as Chief Financial Officer
East River Electric welcomed Scott Shewey as the cooperative’s new Chief Financial Officer on July 26. Scott joins East River with 14 years in public utility experience at Colorado Springs Utilities, a 4-service municipal utility. He spent the last seven years in...
East River Electric Hires Fosheim as Economic Development Manager
Eric Fosheim of Madison will be the next Economic Development Manager at East River Electric Power Cooperative. Fosheim will lead East River’s economic development efforts and the organization’s Rural Electric Economic Development (REED) Fund which East River...
Paul Lambert Nominated to Chair National UTC Board
In June, energy and water utility representatives across the U.S. nominated a new slate of officers to lead the Utilities Technology Council (UTC), effective through June 2022. During UTC’s June 21 Board of Directors meeting, UTC board members nominated Paul Lambert...
East River Electric Power Cooperative Now Supplying Region with 40 Percent Carbon-Free Energy
East River Electric Power Cooperative, which provides power to 24 electric distribution systems and one municipal electric system in eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota, is now supplying the region’s electric cooperative consumers with more than 40 percent...
Lake Area Tech Makes Use of East River’s Former System Operations Map
Lake Area Technical Institute (LATI) in Watertown is making good use of an old system operations map board that was donated to the school by East River Electric in 2018. LATI’s Energy Operations program teaches students about electricity, power plants, and processing...
East River Electric’s 57th Annual LifeScape Fundraiser a Success
East River Electric’s 57th annual fundraiser to support LifeScape was a success, raising over $37,000. LifeScape is an organization which promotes independence for over 2,500 children and adults with disabilities throughout South Dakota. This year, the event was held...