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The reliability of your electricity is at greater risk than ever before. It’s a real issue that requires real solutions, and reliable electricity isn’t a want, it’s a need. So we need an awareness around the important role reliable electricity plays in our lives. We need real power now.

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The reliability of your electricity is at greater risk than ever before. It’s a real issue that requires real solutions, and reliable electricity isn’t a want, it’s a need. So we need an awareness around the important role reliable electricity plays in our lives. We need real power now.

What is Real Power Now?

Real Power Now aims to create awareness around the important role reliable electricity plays in our lives, the emerging threats to reliable electricity and strategies/plans that can help ensure reliable electricity is available into the future. The initiative is led by Minnkota Power Cooperative, an electric generation and transmission cooperative based in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Meet the Minnkota Fleet

To ensure reliability, Minnkota Power Cooperative maintains a diverse set of coal, wind and hydro power resources. To deliver electricity, Minnkota Power Cooperative operates and maintains approximately 3,385 miles of high-voltage transmission lines and 260 electrical substations to serve its area cooperatives in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.

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Coal portion of Minnkota energy mix
Wind portion of Minnkota energy mix
Wind portion in Minnkota energy mix
Hydro portion of Minnkota energy mix
Other portion of Minnkota energy mix

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