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77100 US Highway 71
PO Box 69
Jackson, MN 56143-0069
info@federatedrea.coop

1966-1975

#1

January 1966 - Rural Minnesota News, a tabloid newspaper, serves co-op members through July 1993.
March 14, 1968 - Approved first underground line construction, which was called "experimental." A contractor was hired to plow in the cable.
1969 - The Rural Electrification Administration instructs Federated to compare costs of building a new headquarters versus remodeling the power plant and selling the downtown office.
September 19, 1971 (See Picture #1) - Members attended an Open House at Federated’s new headquarters located about one mile south of Jackson. The building cost $252,000.
1973 - Hired an engineer that would be shared by four co-ops. This was the first sharing of an employee.
#2

1973 - First all-electric grain dryer was installed on Federated's system.
1974 - Planning begins for the construction of the Coal Creek Power Plant near Bismarck, North Dakota, and for the direct current (DC) transmission line to deliver the power to Minnesota customers.
1974 (See Picture #2) - Cable Plow
January 10-12, 1975 - This "Superbowl" blizzard caused more outage hours (39,930) than an average year's worth of outages.