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February 2002 Last year, the Nodak board of directors amended the cooperative’s bylaws to accommodate absentee mail-in ballots. This mail-in option will be available for all director elections and other issues at the discretion of the board of directors. This bylaw change takes effect with the annual meeting, which is scheduled for Saturday, April 13, …
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January 2002 The year 2001 was a very good year for the cooperative. When the annual financial reports are completed, we expect them to reflect year-end margins at least as high if not slightly higher than budget. Much of our success this year was due to moderate growth in sales, and thankfully, the absence of …
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December 2001 Our winter weather got off to a quick start with nearly a foot of snow in some parts of the region on October 24. We were thankful that our system outage problems were minimal in view of the weather conditions. Understandably, the road conditions made work very difficult for our linemen. Restoring power …
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October 2001 After the events in New York City and Washington, D.C., it seems hard to think of anything of real importance to write about relative to our business. Things like territorial legislation, load management, and deregulation begin to be of little significance when compared to the thought of our basic freedom being threatened. Maybe …
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September 2001 The value of an underground electric distribution system was crystal clear in eastern North Dakota last month. On two consecutive nights, winds in excess of 100 mph swept through this part of the state. Huge trees that had been around for many generations were snapped off with the force of these winds. If …
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August 2001 When the weather is extreme, we are reminded in this industry why linemen earn every penny of their wages. This is most obvious when we experience our never popular, but inevitable, winter ice storms. These storms usually affect a lot of people; they cause power outages when it is cold outside, and they …
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July 2001 We are in the process of reorganizing the structure of our line personnel throughout our service territory. Our strategy for the future will be to have more linemen stationed at a single location, but we will have fewer overall outpost stations. The structure we have been working with up to the present was …
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June 2001 In a few months, Minnkota Power Cooperative will have a large wind generator constructed near Valley City along Interstate 94. The power generated by this wind turbine will be made available to Nodak and the other ten distribution cooperatives in the Minnkota system. We will sell this wind energy to our customers under …
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Nodak Electric Cooperative, Inc.
4000 32nd Avenue South
P.O. Box 13000
Grand Forks, ND 58208-3000
Office Hours:
M-F | 8am-5pm
701-746-4461 or 800-732-4373
FAX: 701-795-6701
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