What are heating and cooling degree days and how can they be useful to you as a Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative member? Degree days are units of measurement used to indicate how warm or cool a location is at any point. The most common use of degree days is for tracking energy use. The temperature of […]
Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative (TWEC) is dedicated to supporting our membership and representing your best interests when it comes to the politics affecting our local communities and industries. This is why we actively participate in, and pay attention to, legislative activities. The 2024 legislative session starts on February 12th. With a two-year budget enacted last session, […]
Cooperation among cooperatives is one of the seven principles and one that Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative (TWEC) is proud of. When in need, we know we can call upon our sister co-ops for assistance and they can do the same. That’s just the cooperative way. On December 28th, 2023, TWEC Operations Manager Tyler Fisher reached out […]
The 2024 Nominating Committee met on January 17th to select candidates for the 2024 director elections. Two seats on the Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative Board of Directors will expire at the Annual Meeting on April 16th, 2024. The committee nominated incumbents Miles Kuschel and Tom Brichacek, as well as Gary Kneisl. Next month’s newsletter, the March […]
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I recently had the pleasure of spending time with future Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative (TWEC) members at a few local high schools. The State of the Electric Industry presentation I shared covered the industry’s history, where we’re at in the present, and what the future holds. I started out the presentation by highlighting my history in […]
As each year begins, we want to serve Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative (TWEC) members in need. We are currently collecting food items for our Meals 4 Members program. Your food donations are gathered and then distributed directly to members who can use assistance. Please donate unexpired/non-perishable food items now through April. Monetary donations are also welcome. […]
By Tyler Fisher, Operations Manager Vegetation management is vital to the safe and reliable operation of the electrical distribution system at Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative. What does this mean for property owners and our members? In order to deliver your electricity in the safest, most reliable, and most cost-effective way, we must work together to keep […]
As 2023 comes to an end, I would like to take some time and look back. We have been busy at the cooperative this past year – serving our members, maintaining infrastructure, serving our community, developing and maintaining programs, and so much more. Here are a few of the 2023 accomplishments brought about as a […]
In the labor-intensive dairy farming industry, robots are making farmers’ lives just a little bit easier. Imagine a cow walking into a box, being milked and fed, and then released – all without human involvement. A robotic milker is now doing all of the above at Vetsch Farms east of Browerville, Minnesota. Owner Loren Vetsch […]
