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Monday 7am - 3:30pm Tuesday 7am - 3:30pm Wednesday 7am - 3:30pm Thursday 7am - 3:30pm Friday 7am - 3:30pm

Goodhue County Cooperative Electric Association

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Goodhue County Cooperative Electric Association is a member owned electric cooperative in Southeastern Minnesota.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer About the Cooperative
Bringing electricity to our rural farms and homes was the challenge Goodhue County Cooperative Electric assumed in 1936 and continues to meet today. Farmers were beginning to demand electric service. Electricity would give them a much better and more profitable way of life and would take much of the drudgery out of farming and housekeeping.

10/13/2026

MISO, the regional grid operator, is calling for a Maximum Generation Event beginning at 4pm today, Tuesday, October 13th.

Generation outages and the warm weather that we experienced over the weekend is now impacting the population centers. Peak prices for today’s day ahead market were over $1,000/MWh and we expect the solar ramp down will exacerbate conditions while wind has been underperforming slightly and will bottom out over the evening peak.

Water Heaters and Member Generators will be controlled between 4 & 9 pm. Any additional conservation will help keep costs down.

10/12/2026

MISO, the regional grid operator, has declared a maximum generation warning for the grid until 9pm due to unplanned forced generation outage(s). We are controlling water heaters over the evening peak but any additional load reductions that can be made will help reduce overall costs.

09/14/2026

RESTORED- approx. 7:15pm
We have a sizable outage SE of Cannon Falls. Crews are being dispatched and will work to restore power as quickly as safely possible. Thank you!

09/02/2026

Due to continued elevated energy market prices, Great River Energy will be continuing to control off-peak load over the evening peaks the rest of the week (3-8:30, water heat, A/C, and irrigation on Wed and Fri)

08/31/2026

Great River Energy will be controlling residential A/C and Water Heaters over the evening peaks August 31 and September 1 due to elevated market energy prices. Irrigation will also be included. Thank you!

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!

Address

1410 Northstar Drive
Zumbrota, MN
55992

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 3:30pm
Tuesday	7am - 3:30pm
Wednesday	7am - 3:30pm
Thursday	7am - 3:30pm
Friday	7am - 3:30pm

Telephone

+15077325117

Website

http://www.gccea.com/

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