Kwik Trip & Bright Energy Solutions® rebates
Bright Energy Solutions (BES) helps businesses lower construction costs and long-term energy expenses by incentivizing smart energy-efficiency decisions made early in building design. Kwik Trip, Inc. has embraced this approach, using BES rebates for 14 new stores in Missouri River Energy Services member communities, earning nearly $100,000 while saving significant energy and demand. BES offers two paths to incentives: a whole-building design review that often yields larger rebates, or simpler prescriptive rebates for individual systems like lighting or HVAC.
Making room for opportunity in Watertown
MRES prepared the Watertown Power Plant for future opportunities by acquiring and clearing adjacent properties, completing demolition and site work, preserving history, improving access, and ensuring long-term flexibility and readiness.
Energy providers to meet growing electricity needs by adding to key Upper Midwest transmission line
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Missouri River Energy Services (MRES), Great River Energy, Minnesota Power, Otter Tail Power Company and Xcel Energy have applied to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission for a Certificate of Need to add a second transmission line circuit to the existing power line that runs along Interstate 94 between Fargo and Alexandria.
ALP Utilities helps Alexandria boost efficiency and save money … again and again and again!
ALP Utilities is helping the Alexandria community save energy and money through impactful efficiency projects that deliver real results. From major energy-saving upgrades at the NorthStar Sports Complex and Alexandria School District to leading by example with its own high-performance operations center, ALP is turning efficiency into long-term value. Read more to see how these projects, supported by Bright Energy Solutions®, are strengthening facilities, reducing costs and supporting a more sustainable future.
MRES project adds more solar to the mix
Construction is moving full steam ahead on the Brookings Solar Project, an investment that will grow Missouri River Energy Services’ solar portfolio by nearly one-third. The project is on schedule, on budget and entering its next key construction phase, marking important progress toward expanding locally owned renewable energy. Read more about how this project is taking shape and what it will mean for MRES members and the region’s energy future.