Congratulations to Roberta Rancour for 10 years of service to West River Electric.Thank you for your dedication to the members and employees!

WREA has an opening at the Rapid City office for a Member Service (CSR) Rep. For more information or to obtain an application go to westriver.coop. Deadline for applications is January 17, 2020.

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Great project. Glad to be a part of the all of the above energy strategy. Thanks Basin Electric Power Cooperative

Geronimo Energy + Basin Electric + Rushmore Electric + West River Electric = 128 Megawatts of Solar instagram.com/p/B8u7kcCDQri/…

Basin Electric to buy from the largest solar project in South Dakota basinelectric.wordpress.com/2020/02/19/bas…

SD’s electric co-ops support HB 1262. Municipal electric systems currently have the unilateral right within state law to take away the service areas of electric co-ops & IOUs. This hurts our membership & costs you money. Contact your legislators & ask them to support HB 1262.

HB1262 passed the House this afternoon with a vote of 48-20! THANK YOU to everyone who contacted your legislators asking for support. Your effort made a difference & the legislators heard your voice. The bill will soon head to the Senate and we’ll again need your help & support.

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Sometimes we have to look for the silver lining!

Reminder that West River Electric remains temporarily closed to the public. Our phones continue to be answered Monday thru Friday for transfers, payment inquiries etc. Call us at 393-1500 or 279-2135. We have on call available after hours for outages or other emergencies.

Severe storms near Philip, SD, pummeled a couple dozen structures last week. Crews worked long hours to repair lines. #linelife

PJM capacity auction results are concerning. Only a matter of time before we start seeing some retirements. The BRA results don’t compensate reliability resources and the @FERC tampered focused MOPR amounts to rearranging deck chairs on the titanic. Disaster coming.

Record-high gas prices have some South Dakotans considering an electric vehicle. But supply chain issues make finding one difficult, and a Black Hills energy provider said the electric grid needs time for improvements. listen.sdpb.org/business-econo…

Remember to call 811 before you dig!

Electrify America is planning to expand their network of charging stations from 800 to 1,800 in the next three to four years. newscenter1.tv/ev-charging-st…