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Smart House. Smart Move.

Real-time data that helps you understand and lower your home energy use—now that’s smart. Making your home smart with new electronics connected to the internet is getting simpler and cheaper by the day.

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Three Energy Efficiency Facts You Might Not Know

Summer is upon us and the battle to beat the heat without breaking the bank is underway. Here are a few quick tips that you might not know to help you keep your chill without increasing your bill.

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Scholar of the Year Banquet Held in Watertown

Touchstone Energy® Cooperatives honored some of the area’s most impressive high school seniors during the Touchstone Energy Scholar of the Year banquet at Lake Area Technical Institute.

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Generator Safety 101

The peace of mind a standby electric generator brings to your home, farm or business is big. It’s nice to have a backup plan to keep things running through unpredictable weather and occasional outages. But with big peace of mind comes big responsibility.

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Spring Efficiency on the Farm

Spring is the perfect time to reset the clock on your farm’s energy use! As the weather warms up, take a moment for these easy maintenance checks and changes.

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Brunch Sausage Egg Breakfast Pizza

Country Cookin' is a compilation of recipes from our member cooperatives. East River has been compiling recipes for 34 years! If you would like to submit a recipe for the 2019 cookbook you can email kstone@eastriver.coop or send a fax…

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Spring Salad

Country Cookin' is a compilation of recipes from our member cooperatives. East River has been compiling recipes for 34 years! If you would like to submit a recipe for the 2019 cookbook you can email kstone@eastriver.coop or send a fax…

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Three Money-Saving Winter Tips for Swine Operations

Here are three money-saving tips to help keep your livestock warm and your energy use down this winter—and none of them involve putting pigs in a blanket. 1. Seal the ExteriorAccording the Prairie Swine Centre, at least 30% of all…

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5 Ways to Save this Holiday Season

Follow these 5 easy tips to save money and conserve energy this holiday season! Replace incandescent lights with LED (light-emitting diode) bulbs for your indoor and outdoor holiday decorations. LEDs use up to 90% less energy!Use timer controls for holiday…