FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2023 LREC District Meetings were held on Jan. 5 and 6 in Districts 2, 5 and 8. In District 2, incumbent Cecil “Bud” Hensel was nominated as a director candidate. In District 5, incumbent Patrick Meyers was nominated as a director candidate and in District 8, James Gronbeck was nominated as a director…
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2023 Lake Region Electric Cooperative (LREC) is thrilled to announce their latest Operation Round Up (ORU) distribution. During the quarterly meeting on Jan. 9, the ORU Board of Trustees awarded funding to 108 local organizations, totaling $44,950. Since 2007, ORU has awarded $559,820 and has become a valued and indispensable charitable fundraising…
TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2023 Do you remember the last time you verified your contact information with LREC? Now is the time to check your account to ensure we don’t have that landline you canceled five years ago or the email you don’t use anymore in our files. Please take two minutes to view the information LREC…
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2022 **This event will conclude at 9pm** Due to the extreme cold temperatures across the central United States, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) has declared a maximum generation event for the entire territory. Great River Energy (GRE), Lake Region Electric Cooperative’s (LREC) wholesale power provider, is taking the appropriate steps to…
SCAM ALERT! LREC members have reported receiving telephone calls from numbers attempting to collect on delinquent power bills or billing corrections. If you receive a call from any number demanding payment or your power will be disconnected, hang up and consider reporting the incident to local authorities. The following numbers will be used if LREC is contacting members:…
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2022 A combined retirement of $1.86 million in patronage capital credits was approved by your Board of Directors for 2022. The ability to retire capital credits is a sign of the cooperative’s financial strength. LREC has steadily increased the amount of capital credits retired over the last decade. This will be 10 consecutive years in which…
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2022 LREC Celebrates 85 Years!85 years ago in 1937, local farm families were looking for a better way. They had a vision along with the grit, determination, and ability to build consensus that was necessary to build their own electric cooperative. These pioneers of rural electrification brought themselves more than electric lights,…
MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2022 LREC’s off-peak wholesale power rates from Great River Energy (GRE) are rising due to increases in the wholesale power market, which is primarily driven by the wholesale natural gas market. LREC has absorbed multiple wholesale off-peak rate increases over the years, to keep off-peak rates stable for our members. Our dual…
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2022 Candidates for the LREC Board of Directors will be nominated in districts 2, 5, and 8. Meetings will be held in each of the three nominating districts. All members are invited, although only members of each district can vote but voting can only occur in-person. Livestreams of the meetings will be…
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2022 Inflation and Natural Gas Prices Drive the Need for Additional RevenueWith the rate of inflation and high cost of natural gas increasing Great River Energy (GRE) wholesale costs, we are anticipating the need to collect more revenue within the next 12 to 18 months. We anticipate an approximate 6% increase in GRE…