MRES Today - January-February 2026
| Posted in: MRES Today Newsletter
Click the link below to read or download the January-February issue today!
Kwik Trip & Bright Energy Solutions® rebates
| Posted in: News
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
| Posted in: News
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
| Posted in: News Releases
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!
| Posted in: Member News
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.