Dairyland Power Cooperative
Bart Pedretti serves as the Manager of Plant Engineering at Dairyland Power Cooperative, overseeing generation performance and maintenance engineering staff from November 2006 to the present. Previously, Bart held roles as Project Engineer III, II, and I, managing power plant improvement projects and focusing on boiler and turbine engineering. Prior experience includes working as a Combustion Engineer at RMT, where specifications for NOx emission-reducing systems were developed, and an internship at Alliant Energy conducting fleet-wide assessments. Bart's educational background includes a Master of Business Administration from Viterbo University and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
Dairyland Power Cooperative
Providing safe, reliable, sustainable and affordable electricity for its cooperative members is the goal of Dairyland Power Cooperative. Headquartered in La Crosse, Wis., Dairyland employs about 550 people in the region. As a Touchstone Energy Cooperative, Dairyland operates its business under the guidance of the cooperative principles and holds true to four core values: innovation, accountability, integrity and commitment to community. Dairyland is a generation and transmission cooperative (G&T) which provides the wholesale electrical requirements and other services for 24 electric distribution cooperatives and 17 municipal utilities in the Upper Midwest. In turn, these cooperatives and municipals deliver the electricity to consumers--meeting the energy needs of more than half a million people. Dairyland’s generating resources include coal, solar, wind, natural gas, hydro and biogas. Dairyland delivers electricity via nearly 3,200 miles of transmission lines and 300 substations located throughout the system’s 44,500 square mile service area that encompasses 62 counties in four states (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois). Please visit www.dairylandpower.com for more information on Dairyland Power Cooperative and its facilities.