Darrick Moe
@darrickmoe
Passionate about rural electric cooperatives, the electric power grid, my wife and three kids - not in that order. CEO @MNRuralElectric
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http://www.mrea.org 27-11-2014 17:09:52
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Robin and I riding over Oahe Dam this weekend. Thinking of our friends Mid-West Electric Consumers Association and Western Area Power and SDREA Grassroots. Infrastructure for the public good.
Walker Orenstein moderating a great panel at the Mining Minnesota event with Ernest Scheyder, author of a book describing the choices we need to make to get to a clean energy economy.
It’s great to see progress on nuclear licensing at the Federal level. We need nuclear to enable our move to lower carbon. Minnesota's Electric Cooperatives members encourage the MN legislature to quit being stuck in the past and moe forward on this topic! msn.com/en-us/news/pol…
Translation - Slow Down the Shutdown ….or the lights will go out! Minnesota's Electric Cooperatives will do all we can to keep the power flowing! MISO faces possible capacity shortfall next summer in northern, central regions utilitydive.com/news/miso-oms-… via Utility Dive
We need to get this tool back in the toolbox if we want reliable power while reducing carbon! Thanks Jim Schultz and The Minnesota Star Tribune OPINION EXCHANGE | Minnesota should nuke its nuclear moratorium startribune.com/minnesota-shou…
We wrapped up another fantastic district meeting in Grand Rapids today with an engaged group discussing how cooperatives ensure affordable and reliable electricity. A big thank you to Rep. Spencer Igo for speaking and listening to our group. #CooperativeDifference
Melissa Stachovich organized - and kicked off - another wonderful day of giving yesterday. Over 240 of Minnesota's Electric Cooperatives members contributed to keeping the state’s emergency burn response centers operating during our annual fundraiser. Thanks for a fun day!
Thank you, Amy Klobuchar, for visiting Lyon-Lincoln! Working together, we can power Minnesota with safe, reliable, and affordable electricity. #GreaterMN
We need more battery research….. and to make sure we aren’t living in the fairy tale land where wind, solar, and batteries are all we need to keep the grid reliable! Further innovation required to achieve target for storage: DOE utilitydive.com/news/innovatio… via Utility Dive
"All the News That's Fit to Print" Thanks Ivan Penn and The New York Times for including the concerns Minnesota's Electric Cooperatives cooperatives have for keeping the lights on as fossil fuel plants are shutdown. Coal Power Defined This Minnesota Town. Can Solar Win It Over? nytimes.com/2024/08/19/bus…
Thanks catherine morehouse for including the cautionary note from Minnesota's Electric Cooperatives member co-ops regarding the challenges of keeping the system reliable through the transition. Biden-Harris climate law set off a green bonanza in Walz’s Minnesota politi.co/3SWzRDr via POLITICO