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Otter Tail Power Company plans to build a nearly 50-megawatt (MW) solar farm on land around the soon-to-be-retired Hoot Lake Plant in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Hoot Lake Solar will include around 170,000 solar panels, generating enough energy to power approximately 10,000 homes every year. Construction may start as early as 2021. “We have an exciting
The power lines were coated with ice and when the wind picked up it caused a power outage in Crookston and the area. Otter Tail Power Company crews worked hard in terrible conditions to resolve the issue and most of the town had power back between 5 and 6:00 p.m.
Otter Tail Power Company is aware of recent scam activity in parts of its service area. “Scammers are taking advantage of potentially heightened anxiety around the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Customer Care Supervisor Collin Kremeier. “It’s important for our customers to know that we’ll never pressure you to make immediate payments, especially through services like MoneyPak,
The Otter Tail Power Company Foundation has awarded the Polk County Sheriff’s K9 Program a donation of $5000. This award will be used for the K9 vehicle insert, door release and weather safety system for the K9 vehicle. The weather safety system known as “The Hot Dog System” regulates the temperature in the vehicle and
Otter Tail Power Company is upgrading all company-owned street and area light fixtures in the community of Crookston, Minnesota, to light-emitting diode (LED) technology. The company’s LED tariff and replacement plan, which the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved on November 30, 2017, closed out all tariffs for high-pressure sodium, metal halide, and mercury vapor lighting
Crookston firefighters Chris Klawitter, Bob Magsam and Garett Bengtson used the ladder truck to hang lights Thursday morning from the evergreen tree downtown in the Main Street Courtyard space. They’re assisting the Crookston Rotary Club, who acquired lights during Otter Tail Power Company’s Holiday Light Exchange, to help spread Christmas/Holiday cheer.
