Cooperative Agreement DECR0000101

The Department of Energy Office of Cyber Security awarded Dairyland Power Cooperative a cooperative agreement totaling $4,684,729 on July 29, 2026, under the Cybersecurity, Energy Security & Emergency Response (CESER) program to support Dairyland's Secure Midwest Program. The award funds investments that strengthen the community of eligible entities currently providing information technology and cybersecurity support to eligible electric cooperatives and municipal utilities, with the goal of enhancing cybersecurity posture across the electric utility sector.

Dairyland Power Cooperative, a non-profit rural electric cooperative based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, serves multiple states including Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. Performance occurs in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The period of performance extends from July 29, 2026 through July 28, 2030.

The CESER program enhances security and resilience of U.S. critical energy infrastructure against all hazards and mitigates impacts of disruptive events and sector-wide risk. The program's Risk Management Tools and Technologies division focuses on research, development, and demonstration of tools and technologies addressing cybersecurity and physical threats, electromagnetic pulse, geomagnetic disturbances, and natural hazards to energy infrastructure, with intended outcomes of next-generation capabilities for energy sector protection, monitoring, detection, response, containment, and recovery.