Programs

  • North Dakota Living Publications

    Publications - Produced 12 monthly issues of North Dakota Living magazine, including 1,440 unique local pages for 17 electric cooperatives to communicate with their members. - Produced income-generating publications, including the NDAREC/BAND Member Directory, N.D. Travel Guide, Big Iron Guide and the Bismarck-Mandan Convention and Visitors Bureau Guide. - Disseminated monthly digital magazines to member-cooperatives and digitized content for use online at ndliving.com. - Generated $600,000 in advertising revenue to reduce the cost of delivering North Dakota Living to co-op members. - Provided education and information through print and online pieces, covering a variety of state and local issues and electric industry, safety and cooperative topics important to membership. Graphic Arts - Created 1,840 total pages for North Dakota Living. - Produced 24 network pages for member use, which featured electric safety, energy efficiency and usage topics. - Completed multiple design projects for member-cooperatives and statewide service areas including annual reports, newsletters, social media graphics, signs and banners, photography and more. - Assisted with the design and branding elements of the new headquarters facility, Cooperative Center corridor and Lineworker Training Center. Media + Public Relations - Engaged with media for both earned and paid opportunities, including coverage of the grand reopening event in October; reprint requests for stories in North Dakota Living; monthly radio ad production; and two live broadcasts on statewide radio for the grand reopening event and annual meeting. - Represented electric cooperatives through participation in multiple trade shows across the state, providing valuable contact with members, businesses, partners and advertisers. - Provided education and information through print and online pieces, covering a variety of state and local issues, electric industry, safety and cooperative topics important to membership.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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  • Training and Safety Services

    Training & Safety- Delivered services to 24 members in three core areas: apprenticeship, training, safety and loss control services. Members include cooperatives, municipals, select contractors and the Minot Air Force Base. - Provided nine safety meetings for participating members in North Dakota and Montana at 287 locations reaching 2,833 cooperative employees. - Delivered hands-on and practical experience through special schools, including hotline, chainsaw safety and tree trimming schools. - Aided cooperatives in measuring safety performance and managing loss control. - Implemented a regional mutual-aid plan which provides access to additional cooperative resources to shorten recovery efforts for large disasters. - Aided in coordination of mutual aid for the restoration of power following two significant storms that occurred in the western part of the state in April and the eastern part of the state in November. - Implemented a statewide outage mapping system across all cooperatives and counties. This promotes positive state, local and public relations by focusing on safety and communication using live outage maps. Outage maps are maintained by integrating with each cooperative's automated outage management system. - Conducted dielectric truck testing for participating members in North Dakota and Montana in 33 locations for a total of 115 trucks tested. - Drove leadership commitment and continuous improvement towards safety through the Rural Electric Safety Achievement Program (RESAP). Conducted on-site observations for seven cooperatives. - Monitored and communicated updates to regulatory and compliance standards relevant to the industry. - Participated in the development and assessment of the second phase of the Commit to Zero program. The program will be delivered by NDAREC in 2023. - Fostered strong safety culture through NDAREC's "I Will" P.A.C.E. program.Apprenticeship Program- Submitted a proposal to the U.S. Department of Labor to grow the apprenticeship program by adding a substation technician apprenticeship program. - Administered the apprenticeship and skills improvement programs for 63 enrollees studying lineworker, meter technician and substation curriculum. As a result, 13 lineworkers became journeymen in 2022. - Supported veterans in achieving their GI benefits while enrolled in an apprenticeship program.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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  • Government Relations and Communications

    Government Relations- Developed an Infrastructure Task Force to raise awareness of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act. - Lobbied in Washington D.C., for enactment of Rural Utilities Service repricing, direct pay for energy tax credits for cooperatives to promote affordable and reliable electricity including carbon capture facilities, renewables, storage, transmission and electric vehicle infrastructure. - Reported on potential initiated measures and their implications for NDAREC and its membership. Voiced NDAREC opposition to term-limits measure. - Coordinated REPAC meetings and made contributions totaling $94,000.- Communicated with elected officials and the public and developed talking points regarding the April weather event. - Monitored Public Service Commission hearings regarding a Territorial Integrity Act dispute between Nodak Electric Cooperative and Otter Tail Power Corporation. - Communicated consistently with the North Dakota Department of Commerce regarding federal funds coming to the state and concerns around recruitment of cryptocurrency loads and the messaging around price and ability to choose electric generation. - Met with 82 House Republicans including 25 newly elected members following the November election.- Hosted North Dakota's NRECA Legislative Conference.Communications- Provided communications assistance to all NDAREC service areas.- Developed murals for the Lineworker Training Center and a historical timeline, energy evolution wall, and cooperative values and principles displays for the Cooperative Center Corridor.- Consistently reached goals of the 2022 NDAREC Strategic Communications Plan and assisted each service area in implementation while monitoring progress. - Sponsored a Communications Workshop with 24 co-op communicators attending. The workshop featured crisis communications and photography training.- Communicated co-op messaging through social media pages, including the NDAREC and North Dakota Living Facebook pages, Twitter pages, websites and YouTube.- Monitored and communicated information for co-op communicators concerning Touchstone Energy Cooperatives and NRECA's Straight Talk.- Produced 25 videos in 2022 with cooperative messaging.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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