Lake Region Electric Cooperative has an opportunity for an electronic technology systems supervisor, full-time, based in our Pelican Rapids, MN office, with ability for day travel within our service territory (counties of Otter Tail, Wilkin, Grant, Douglas, Clay and Becker). This position is responsible for maintaining the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system and equipment at utility…
Lake Region Electric Cooperative has an opportunity for a full-time (30hrs or more, 5 days per week) executive communications assistant in our Pelican Rapids, MN office. This position is responsible for providing detailed, confidential, and deadline driven executive support to the Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors. Effectively captures the message and importance of the CEO’s voice in developing…
STAR Energy Services, LLC will be conducting underground inspections in the upcoming weeks in Dora township. You may see a vehicle or side-by-side UTV during this time with a STAR Energy Services logo and a “Line Inspection” decal on it. Please be courteous to the crew as they ensure the safe distribution of your electricity….
Lake Region Electric Cooperative has an opportunity for a journeyman or advanced apprentice lineworker in our Pelican Rapids, MN location. This position is responsible for performing the duties required in the construction, operation, and maintenance of structures, lines and equipment of the distribution and transmission facilities of the Cooperative in a safe, reliable manner. (Advanced apprentice lineworkers are responsible…
The number of LREC active services continues to grow. As I write this column, LREC has 29,955 active services. Since we are approaching the 30,000 active services mark, I thought it would be interesting to find out the years LREC passed the 10,000 and 20,000 active service marks. In 1958, twenty-one years after LREC was…
“Our energy industry is going through rapid change and that’s one of the main reasons why we do things like these Energy Forums for our members,” Tim Thompson, CEO of Lake Region Electric Cooperative (LREC), said to a crowd of approximately 115 people at the cooperative’s third annual Energy Forum held at Thumper Pond Resort…
Laughter, endless questions and electricity-related stories filled Lake Region Electric Cooperative (LREC) on May 17 when fourth graders from Pelican Rapids took a field trip to the cooperative. Students were delighted to get an inside look at how an electric utility works, while also learning about electrical safety, safety gear, bucket trucks and more. “Every…
We had a great 87th annual meeting on April 18th, and once again we had in-person meetings in Fergus Falls, Frazee, and Parkers Prairie, together with a livestream option. A record 1,332 people attended our 2024 Annual Meeting! LREC members who were unable to attend the live meeting are encouraged to watch the annual meeting…
For the past 15 years, Earl Rydell has faithfully served Lake Region Electric Cooperative (LREC) on its board of directors. With his retirement this spring, we would like to extend our appreciation for his many years of service and take some time to reflect on Rydell’s experience serving our membership. Rydell was elected to Lake…
Would you like to be notified when there is an outage impacting your property? Would you also like status updates and a restoration notice? If so, you need to sign up for outage texting/email alerts through SmartHub! If you already have SmartHub but need directions on how to sign up for alerts, please check out…