Dairyland Power Cooperative
Erik Hoven has extensive experience in air quality management, currently serving as Manager of Air Quality Programs at Dairyland Power Cooperative since March 2008, where responsibilities include overseeing compliance with federal and state air quality regulations and implementing continuous emission monitoring under the Clean Air Act. Prior roles at Dairyland Power Cooperative include Air Quality Specialist and Air Quality Assistant, both focusing on the same regulatory knowledge and implementation tasks. Earlier in their career, Erik worked at Interpoll Laboratories, Inc. as an Environmental Field Engineer and Technician. Erik holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and Geophysics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, completed in 2000.
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.