Over 30 years of serving our members.
1992
Formed by 19 member electric cooperatives in the Upper Midwest
1993
CRC begins call handling and line crew dispatch call center services
1999
Developed CRCLink proprietary software
2002
CRC opens second contact center in Dunlap, TN.
Construction of state-of-the-art headquarters facility in Austin, MN.
Construction of state-of-the-art headquarters facility in Austin, MN.
2003
Central Station achieves Underwriter's Laboratory (UL) listing.
2007
Operations start out of newly constructed Dunlap, TN facility.
2008
CRCLink upgrade to new generation of software architecture.
2011
CRC opens third contact center in Abilene, TX offering bilingual services to members.
Central Station achieves CSAA Five Diamond Certification.
Central Station achieves CSAA Five Diamond Certification.
2012
CRC begins offering video verification monitoring and outage texting services.
2014
CRC exceeds serving 5 million member-consumers.
CRC earns national CSAA Operator of the Year award.
CRC earns national CSAA Operator of the Year award.
2015
CRC earns national CSAA Central Station Manager of the Year award.
CRC and Milsoft sucessfully complete MultiSpeak Interoperability Test.
CRC and Milsoft sucessfully complete MultiSpeak Interoperability Test.
2017
CRCLink rewrite project begins.
CRC beings offering English Proficiency Translation Services.
CRC launches Consumer Notifications.
CRC earns national CSAA Runner-Up Central Station of the Year award.
CRC beings offering English Proficiency Translation Services.
CRC launches Consumer Notifications.
CRC earns national CSAA Runner-Up Central Station of the Year award.
2018
CRCLink Web Phase 1 released.
CRC introduces Dynamic Greetings.
Central Station achieves Interlogic UltraSync certification.
2 in 5 cooperatives utilize CRC as an extension of their office.
CRC introduces Dynamic Greetings.
Central Station achieves Interlogic UltraSync certification.
2 in 5 cooperatives utilize CRC as an extension of their office.
2019
CRCLink Web Phase 2 released.
CRC exceeds serving 10 million consumers.
CRC recognized as top employer in Southern MN for 7th consecutive year.
CRC exceeds serving 10 million consumers.
CRC recognized as top employer in Southern MN for 7th consecutive year.
2020
Established remote agents in reaction to the global pandemic.
2021
Conversion to cloud-based telephony system completed.
2022
CRC opens fourth contact center in Kirksville, MO.