Over 30 years of serving our members.

1992

Formed by 19 member electric cooperatives in the Upper Midwest

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1993

CRC begins call handling and line crew dispatch call center services

1999

Developed CRCLink proprietary software

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2002

CRC opens second contact center in Dunlap, TN.

Construction of state-of-the-art headquarters facility in Austin, MN.

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2003

Central Station achieves Underwriter's Laboratory (UL) listing.

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2007

Operations start out of newly constructed Dunlap, TN facility.

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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.

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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.

2015

CRC earns national CSAA Central Station Manager of the Year award.

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.

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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.

2019

CRCLink Web Phase 2 released.

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.

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