Dakota Valley ElecC

Facilitated by Lisa from Customer Service. We're an Electric Cooperative serving 5,800 in area from MN border to nearly Ashley, ND & SD border to Jamestown, ND.

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

POLE TESTING starts Monday, June 26th.
Starting the week of June 26th EXO will be out checking poles for Dakota Valley Electric; if you see an EXO vehicle in your area be assured they are OK and working with us.

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

All accounts, except one NE of Oakes, have been restored.
The conditions have not been favorable to quick restoral times.
These pictures are just a bit of what our crews were dealing with out there.
Big shout out to all the consumers who helped pull our crews out!

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

Crews are back out this morning but its really slow going. Hopefully we'll be able to get all outages back on before the cold snap hits this weekend.
Thanks for your patience.

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

Crews have been pulled for today; trucks keep getting stuck & visibility is very poor.
Calls have been made to all currently out of power. If your power goes out after 12:30 pm call in & crews will be sent out tomorrow when it is safe.
Thank you for your patience.

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

All power should be restored as of 2:15 this afternoon.
If you are still out please call in and let us know, we'll get a crew dispatched right away.
Thank you again for your patience!

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

Our crews are back out working this morning but the heavy, wet, icy conditions are slowing progress down.
The majority of our outages are still in the area south of Milnor to the SD border.
Thank you for your continued patience.

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

Dakota Valley Electric will be doing a LOAD CONTROL TEST on Thursday, December 1st from 7:15 AM to 10:25 am.
We will be in FULL CONTROL INCLUDING HEAT LOADS, that’s 100% control, make sure your backup heat is ready to go.

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

System Electrical Engineer needed!

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

CONGRATULATIONS to our October Co-op Month Safety Poster Contest Winners!
A big Thank You to all students who participated, the judging wasn’t easy!
Each division has a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winner.
1st place receives $20
2nd Place receives $15
3rd place receives $10.

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

Each year Dakota Valley Electric awards a $1,000 scholarship to each of the 15 high schools in our service territory through a qualified scholarship organization; pictures of our winners are attached.
Congratulations to our 2022 winners, may your futures shine bright!

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

FOR SALE on BIDS
2001 Dodge Ram 2500
116,871 miles, 5.9 gas engine, Auto Transmission, 4X4
Can be seen at the DVEC Milnor location
Sealed bids ONLY. Bids due by noon Thursday, June 23rd, any bids received after will not be considered.
DVEC has the right to reject & all bids.

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

DVEC's 2022 Annual Meeting is just one week away, we hope to see you at the Edgeley School next Thursday, June 9th!!

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative will be CLOSED on Monday, May 30th in observance of Memorial Day. If you have an outage or emergency please call 1-800-342-4671 and you will be helped.
Have a happy & safe Memorial Day weekend!

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

Dakota Valley welcomes two new members to the Board of Directors; Bruce Bosse and Jeremy Nitschke, will fill the boards vacant seats.
Bruce Bosse, Cogswell, will represent the Central Region, District 2; Jeremy Nitschke, Jud, will represent the West Region, District 1.

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

Chandler Aarfor & Jeremy Radcliffe are home from Burke-Divide. Thank you both for your hard work and dedication not only to DVEC but to the Co-op family in general.
Chandler shared this picture one of the Burke-Divide guys took of him working. What a perfect shot.

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

Remember this Beatles song from1967? the lyrics couldn't be more fitting for our crews helping at Burke-Divide.
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends...
#cooperativespirit

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

Last weekend a massive storm hit western ND, rain; ice; heavy, wet snow; & 60+ mph wind gusts downed miles of power lines & poles. Thousands of consumers are still without power.
Seven DVEC Linemen are out helping with restoral at Mountrail-Williams & Burke-Divide.

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

Summer Control period begins May 1st and runs through September 30th.
If you have controlled heat / AC it will be subject to control periods and the rate goes from the Off-Peak rate of 4.5 cents to the Straight Electric Heat rate of 6 cents per kilowatt hour.

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

The Ellendale Substation outage has been restored as of 12:30 pm; if you are on that substation and are still without power please call in and let us know.

[Dakota Valley ElecC @DakValElectric]

The Ellendale Substation has been out of power since around 11:00. This is a power supplier issue and they are aware of it; they have crews out patrolling the line but we have no restoral time as of right now.
Again, we thank you for your patience.