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Battle River Power Coop would like to remind all farmers as they prepare for seeding season to look up and around to identify where power poles and powerlines are…

Every day, Battle River Power Coop Powerline Technicians work to keep electricity flowing into our member’s homes. They are highly trained people who work on…

The winter season is here which means snow! But it also means slower driving, blizzards, potential black ice, slush, wind, and all the other winter conditions that…

Why the Coop Advantage is Right for You. A cooperative is broadly defined as a business owned and run by its members, who use and benefit from its goods or services.…

For two weeks in February, people around North America watched as Texas’s power grid (ERCOT) went offline due to the frigid Arctic air unaccustomed to our neighbours…

What do you see when you look up at a power pole? A power pole is a post used to support overhead power lines and public utilities, such as power lines and related…

Battle River Power Coop is conscious of how important lights turning on with a flick of a switch is to our members. While we don’t like interrupting your service,…

Mitch Stevenson is our Vegetation Manager here at Battle River Power Coop. He has a diploma in Electrical Technology from Algonquin College in Ottawa, ON, is an I.S.A…

For the safety of our Powerline Technicians, please do not install or attach anything to Battle River Power poles or facilities. It may be tempting to hang secondary…

Fall is already here! Pumpkin spice lattes are back at coffee shops. Oversized sweaters are coming out of storage. Temperatures are getting colder and the leaves are…

Sleep Better, Feel Better, Work Safer. As summer gradually draws to a close, farmers across the province are gearing up for one of their busiest seasons, fall…

What our members see during an unplanned power outage is their power shutting off and then the power coming back on. But what happens behind the scenes while the…

Why Attaching Objects to Poles is Dangerous and Illegal. While placing signs on rural power poles may seem like an inexpensive way to advertise, it is against the law…

What makes Battle River Power Coop different from the rest? YOU do! As a coop, Battle River Power Coop is member-owned. There are no outside stockholders receiving…

Soon after the year 2000, planning began for Battle River Power Coop’s present office and yard. The location is as central as possible for the members in our service…

The past 20 years of Battle River Power Coop history are defined by its development into a fully operational electricity distribution utility. During this journey…

Battle River Power Coop has a proud history going back 71 years. The story began with Alberta farmers who formed cooperative Rural Electrification Associations (REAs)…

Battle River Power Coop is nearing its seventy-first anniversary as an electricity distributor in rural central Alberta. Our long and successful history rests on a…

Prevent Fires This Spring. Many rural Albertans take advantage of cold winter weather and snow cover to burn brush piles, old buildings or unused bales. A permit is…

Electrical Safety in Rural Schools. Why should you never approach a downed powerline? What are behaviors to avoid around electrical structures like pad mount…

Cooperative businesses are one of the cornerstones of the rural Alberta economy. They are vital to the farming community in such diverse roles as the marketing of…

Two-thirds of Albertans have at least one cooperative membership, yet many coop members will have difficulty explaining what a coop is. Defining a cooperative is…

On January 31, 2020 the Farm Freedom and Safety Act came into effect, replacing the Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act enacted by the previous Alberta…

Alberta farmers are increasingly tech-savvy, using computer programs to calculate the need for soil additives, determine the best feed mix for cattle, and regulate…