With headquarters in La Crosse, Wis., Dairyland Power Cooperative is a generation and transmission cooperative (G&T) that provides the wholesale electrical requirements and other services for 25 electric distribution cooperatives and 17 municipal utilities in the Upper Midwest. The cooperatives and municipals Dairyland serves deliver the electricity to consumers in the region--meeting the energy n
eeds of more than half a million people. Today, Dairyland’s generating resources include coal, natural gas, hydro, wind, landfill gas, animal waste and solar. Dairyland delivers electricity via more than 3,100 miles of transmission lines and nearly 300 substations located throughout the system’s 44,500 square mile service area. Dairyland’s service area encompasses 62 counties in four states (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois). Dairyland, a Touchstone Energy Cooperative, has provided low-cost, reliable electrical energy and related services for more than 70 years.