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Our Distribution Lines and Transmission Information: We serve in a geographical area south of Remer to Royalton and from Motley to Crosby. Crow Wing Power has 5,092 miles of line. We have 2,542 miles of overhead lines and 2,550 in underground lines. We average 7.19 consumers per mile of line. We are experiencing a lot of growth in our area. Each year we add about 1300 new services. New transmission line projects are slated locally: Large transmission lines are planned in our area and throughout the midwest. More...
Generating Your Own Power: Some members are interested in generating their own power. Crow Wing Power has established policies and procedures to handle interconnection of customer generated electricity. We can send you the proper documents and guidelines for such a system. Just contact our office for current details. The State of Minnesota Department of Commerce has some valuable information on "home-grown" power (click here)
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What To Do in Case of a Power Outage: Be Prepared: Keep a battery operated radio handy. In a widespread outage, rely on radio broadcasts to learn more about the power outages. More...
Automated Phone System During Outages: It is important that we have your phone number and service location address on our data base for our automated phone system (used during major outages) to work properly. Call our office during normal business hours with the phone number and address at the location of your home or cabin. More...
Call Before Digging: Before you Dig, State Law requires that you Call Gopher State One Call first. Dangerous underground gas, electric and other utilities MUST be located before digging (even when digging a post for your mailbox) Utilities will locate at no charge. More...
Tree Trimming: Is it really necessary? While trees add significantly to the beauty of our communities, they are also responsible for costly property damage as well as dangerous power outages. In fact, tree failure is by far the leading cause of outages nationwide. More...
Where Your Electricity Comes From: Our base load electricity, or the minimum amount of power needed to serve all in the Great River Energy system, (our wholesale power supplier), comes mostly from a coal-fired generation plant at Coal Creek station, north of Bismarck, North Dakota. More...
Wind Power: The legislature of Minnesota recently passed a bill requiring all electric utilities to purchase 25% of their electricity from wind by the year 2025. Crow Wing Power's wholesale energy provider Great River Energy (GRE) is well on their way to reaching that goal. In addition, our members have an opportunity to purchase wind power voluntarily. More...
Teaching Children Safety: It's everyone's responsibility to teach children about electrical safety. Crow Wing Power does safety demonstrations for school-aged children. If you would like a safety instructor to put on a demonstration for your group, call us at 218-829-2827 or 1-800-648-9401. More...
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