Private company

Nodak Electric Cooperative

Public utility cooperative in North Dakota

Nodak Electric Cooperative is a public utility cooperative based in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and provides electricity to rural customers and small towns across a portion of northeast North Dakota, and is a member of Minnkota Power Cooperative. When electric cooperatives began organizing in the late 1930s after the formation of the Rural Electrification Administration and North Dakota's ratification of the Electric Cooperative Corporation Act in 1937, several projects got underway across northeastern North Dakota in 1939.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Nodak Electric Cooperative is a public utility cooperative based in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and provides electricity to rural customers and small towns across a portion of northeast North Dakota, and is a member of Minnkota Power Cooperative. When electric cooperatives began organizing in the late 1930s after the formation of the Rural Electrification Administration and North Dakota's ratification of the Electric Cooperative Corporation Act in 1937, several projects got underway across northeastern North Dakota in 1939.2

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$95.4M 2008–2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsFederal loansFederal contractsTotal
2026$1.6M–$57.5K$1.7M
2025––$2.6M$2.6M
2024–$2.0M$2.8M$4.8M
2023–$2.0M$3.0M$5.0M
2022––$2.3M$2.3M
2021––$2.1M$2.1M
2020––$2.1M$2.1M
2019––$4.9M$4.9M
2018$25.8K–$2.3M$2.3M
2017––$700$700
2016––$600$600
2015––$600$600
2014–$775.0K$600$775.6K
2013–$31.2M$800$31.2M
2011–$740.0K–$740.0K
2010––$101.8K$101.8K
2009––$826$826
2008–$32.5M$2.3M$34.8M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov3, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Aug 15, 2026$1.6M from Department of Energy: Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (Ceser)4 To NODAK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC Award DECR0000087
  2. Jul 23, 2018$25.8K from Rural Business Cooperative Service: Rural Energy For America Program5 To NODAK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC Award CLSS00000058658

Largest federal loans

  1. Sep 18, 2008$32.5M from Rural Utilities Service: Rural Electrification Loans And Loan Guarantees6 To NODAK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC Award RND0019AT8 98
  2. Sep 20, 2013$31.2M from Rural Utilities Service: Rural Electrification Loans And Loan Guarantees7 To NODAK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC Award RO3214 29160
  3. Sep 7, 2023$2.0M from Rural Business Cooperative Service: Rural Economic Development Loans And Grants8 To NODAK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC Award CLSS00000079672
  4. Sep 19, 2024$2.0M from Rural Business Cooperative Service: Rural Economic Development Loans And Grants9 To NODAK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC Award CLSS00000086899
  5. Sep 16, 2014$775.0K from Rural Business Cooperative Service: Rural Economic Development Loans And Grants10 To NODAK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC Award BP1545227

Largest contracts

  1. Dec 1, 2018$22.1M from Defense Logistics Agency: Igf::ot::igf this contract is awarded for the ownership, operation, and maintenance of the electric distribution system at grand forks afb 11 To NODAK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC Award SP060018C8321
  2. Sep 1, 2007$938.3K from Department of the Air Force: Electric service (base)12 To NODAK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC Award 0078
  3. Jan 1, 2008$760.8K from Department of the Air Force: Electric service (base)13 To NODAK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC Award 0079
  4. Apr 1, 2008$559.1K from Department of the Air Force: Electric servicefor gfafb14 To NODAK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC Award 0080
  5. Jun 24, 2010$102.8K from Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education: Relocate overhead power lines15 To NODAK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC Award INICMA00100014