Dairyland Power Cooperative
Joyce Peppin holds significant leadership experience in the legal and political arenas, currently serving as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Director of Government Relations and Legal Services at Dairyland Power Cooperative since August 2021. Prior to this, Joyce served as Director of Government Affairs and General Counsel at the Minnesota Rural Electric Association from June 2018 to July 2021, and worked as an Attorney at Peppin Law Office focusing on estate planning from June 2014 to September 2018. Joyce's extensive experience in public service includes a tenure as Majority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives from January 2005 to July 2018, and a role as Manager of Public Relations at U.S. Bank from January 1997 to January 2002. Joyce's academic credentials include a JD from Mitchell Hamline School of Law, a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Speech Communications from the University of Minnesota Duluth, and an MBA from the University of St. Thomas.
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.