Goodhue County Cooperative Electric Association

07/15/2026

MISO, the regional transmission grid operator, has extended its Conservative Operations declaration through Friday, July 17 and has declared a Maximum Generation Warning from 13:00 to 23:00 on Wednesday, July 15.
Load control programs will run July 15-17th between 3 and 8 pm. Generators will be called upon July 16th from 4-8 pm
Any conservation efforts in the evening hours can help reduce energy costs for everyone.
Thank you!

07/08/2026

This has been RESTORED. Thank you!
7/8/2026 We are experiencing a couple of line outages impacting around 50 members west of Red Wing. Crews are already in the area and will work to restore power as quickly as safely possible. Thank you!

07/06/2026

GRE will be controlling load (off-peak) again today due to market conditions/cost.
Water Heaters, A/C, and irrigation will be controlled between 3:30 and 8:30 pm. Thank you!

Great River Energy

07/02/2026

We want to wish everyone a SAFE and happy 4th of July! Our office will be closed on Friday, July 3rd in observance of the holiday. Calls are still answered 24/7 in case outages or emergencies arise. Thank you!

07/01/2026

We're hiring!
SWCE is is accepting applications for a full-time 2nd step Apprentice or Journeyman Line Technician--more details at swce.coop/career-opportunities

06/29/2026

As you can imagine the heat and humidity are driving usage and energy prices up. Great River Energy will be calling on off-peak load control over the evening hours the next few days - Mon & Tue for certain and potentially additional days.
Water Heaters: 3:30-8:30pm
Cycled A/C: 3:30-8:00pm
Irrigation: 4:00-8:00pm

Daily schedule can be found at: https://lmguide.grenergy.com/

06/28/2026

RESTORED - these outages have been restored and we sincerely appreciate the patience of our members as this was a lengthy and tedious restoration process today. SUNDAY 6/28: We’ve got a few scattered outages from the brief storm that passed through. Crew dispatched and will get everything restored as soon as safely possible.
Areas most impacted are west of Zumbrota, north of Hader.

06/26/2026

RESTORED…OUTAGE ALERT: 6/26/26--6:15PM. Some members served by our Cannon Falls substation are currently experiencing an outage. Our crews have been dispatched and we will update this post when we have further information. Please report your outage at 1-800-927-6468 or use your SmartHub app. This will ensure that it is properly documented and can be handled efficiently.

06/10/2026

Due to road work on County 11, GCCEA will be shutting off power to approximately 200 members in the Pine Island area on Monday June 15th from 9 am to 11 am.

If you have any questions, please call 507-732-5117

05/26/2026

We are currently in the process of changing out load control (off-peak) equipment. We are using a combination of cooperative staff and electricians to do the work. If you see a Ringeisen Electric van and an electrician working in your load controller, it is on the cooperatives behalf. They will knock on the door prior to beginning any work. Thank you!