Dairyland Power Cooperative
Julie Schultz has a robust background in technical training and mechanical maintenance, currently serving as Technical Training Manager at Dairyland Power Cooperative since August 2005. Previously, Julie held roles as Training Coordinator and Journey Power Plant Maintenance Mechanic within the same organization. Prior experience includes working as a CADD Specialist - Senior at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and as an Engineering Aide. Julie completed a five-year State of Wisconsin Indentured Maintenance Mechanic Apprenticeship and obtained Journey Worker Maintenance Mechanic certification, along with maintaining Structural and High Pressure Welding Certifications. Academic qualifications include two Associate's degrees from Western Technical College in Mechanical Design and Technical Studies.
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.