SUMMER 2014 43 students receive over $100,000 in scholarships The Minnesota Power Twenty-three New Generation several other scholarships EnergizerNews Foundation awarded 43 Scholarships were awarded to students attending the scholarships totaling $100,000 to students who will graduate University of Minnesota-Duluth, to regional high school and in fields that align with our Itasca Community College, college students this spring. region’s workforce needs. University of Wisconsin- Twenty high school students Students pursuing a bachelor’s Superior, St. Olaf College and MP rededicates, celebrates received $2,500 Community degree received $2,500 and the University of St. Thomas. Involvement scholarships those pursuing an associate’s In the past 17 years, more than renewable hydropower degree received $1,000. in recognition of their 750 students have received “Hometown Hydropower” takes center stage this dedication in giving back to the A list of the recipients can educational funding totaling summer as Minnesota Power celebrates its hydro communities where they live be found at mnpower.com/ more than $1.2 million through system and showcases its investment in renewable as well as their good academic company/scholarships. the Foundation’s scholarship hydroelectricity. record. program. The Foundation also awarded Historic Thomson Hydro Station, the heart of the system, sustained major damage when floodwaters Options to purchase ALLETE stock Blue Angels headline air show raced down the St. Louis River in 2012. Now, as the station prepares to return to generation, Minnesota The option of purchasing ALLETE stock through Minnesota Power is a Power is rededicating to public service its entire your monthly Minnesota Power or Superior Water, sponsor of the 2014 Duluth hydroelectric system. Light & Power utility bill is no longer available as Air and Aviation Expo, of June 1, 2014. However, there are several other featuring the U.S. Navy’s With 11 hydro facilities in three watersheds—the St. easy ways for you to purchase additional shares of Blue Angels. The air show Louis, Mississippi and Kawishiwi rivers—Minnesota ALLETE stock. is Aug. 23-24 at the Duluth Power is the largest producer of hydroelectricity in Minnesota, capable of producing 120 megawatts. Send a check or money order directly to ALLETE International Airport. Shareholder Services using the tear-off transaction Find more information about the show at Rededication events will take place at several hydro request form from your stock statement. A postage- www.duluthairshow.com. facilities throughout the summer. The rededication paid return envelope is included with statement also includes a commemorative copper medallion and mailings. a website, www.mphydro.com, featuring the history Download our outage app of Minnesota Power’s hydro system and recent Make purchases through either one-time or Be prepared in the event of a service investments in the hydro facilities. recurring ACH debits from your bank accounts. ACH interruption by downloading the continued on Page 3 (Automated Clearing House) debits can be Minnesota Power outage app. You’ll be scheduled by accessing your account online at 14288 | 06/06/14 ENG J-62656 able to check the location of outages Photo of Thomson Dam by Ryan Tessmer/MP www.shareowneronline.com, or by contacting and get estimated power restoration ALLETE Shareholder Services (218-355-5974 or times. Download the app at mnpower. 1-800-535-3056) and requesting an electronic com/outage center. Report an outage banking authorization form. online or call 1-800-307-6937. Published by MP Corporate Communications, Kelley Eldien, Editor | 30 W. Superior Street, Duluth, MN 55802 | mnpower.com 4 Building a Customer alert: telephone scam new home? Customers of Minnesota Power and Superior Water, Light & Power are asked Minnesota Power can help you build energy efficiency into to be aware of this telephone scam your home with our Triple E new construction program. making the rounds: A caller posing as a utility employee instructs you to make • Receive a Plan Review an immediate wire or cash payment or power will be disconnected that day. • Increase the comfort and durability of your new home That’s not how we conduct business. We Save an average of 25% on space heating costs • send a written notice to customers who compared to conventional new construction are behind on their bills before service • Receive up to $2,000 in qualifying incentives is disconnected. Customers who have not received a disconnect notice in the Receive a bonus rebate on a Ground Source Heat Pump At 80 feet, the Fond du Lac dam on the St. Louis River is the tallest dam in Minnesota. • mail should not engage with anyone on the phone offering to take payment. ‘Hometown Hydropower’ kicks off at Fond du Lac Learn more at Instead, they should hang up and contact (continued from Page 1) Minnesota Power at 800-228-4966 to www.mnpower.com/Triplee verify account status and report the The first rededication event was in May at the 12-megawatt Fond du Lac Hydro Station on or call 218-355-3061 attempted scam. the St. Louis River. Minnesota Power recently We do sometimes place courtesy calls installed a new state-of-the-art turbine at the for business reasons and will leave our powerhouse and constructed a new penstock, 800-228-4966 number for a return call. the pipe that carries water to the turbine, These are usually recorded calls and inside the original penstock. The $8 million never demand immediate payment of an refurbishment included an $800,000 grant from overdue bill. the U.S. Department of Energy that went toward Warm up Summer safety reminders the turbine replacement. with our new The project merited praise from the federal Sylvan Dam, on the Crow Wing River west of Never touch or approach downed power government and a national trade association. Brainerd, celebrated its centennial in 2013. lines. Always assume that downed wires $100 electric water are energized. Call Minnesota Power Jose Zayas, director of the DOE’s Wind and Hydropower Association, said the Fond du Lac immediately to report downed wires at Water Power Technologies Office, called the project highlights how the hydropower industry heater rebate offer 1-800-228-4966. project “a great example of how the federal is using new and advanced technologies to government can partner with industry to create modernize assets and increase performance. Mark underground lines before you dig. jobs and bring our hydropower infrastructure “It’s a prime example of how across the nation In Minnesota, call 811 or 800-252-1166. In into the 21st century. The successful completion Visit www.mnpower.com/WaterHeating Wisconsin, call 811 or 800-242-8511. we can gain more hydropower generation by of this project exemplifies the hard work and investing in our existing hydropower projects or call 218-355-2843 Keep ladders and long-handled dedication of the Minnesota Power staff.” as well as our existing dams, maximizing the equipment away from power lines. Jeff Leahey, executive director of the National benefits for all of us,” he said. 2 3.