1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (120+ words) With help from NRECA Broadband, co-ops providing internet service are boosting the quality of life in their communities—enabling remote work, schooling and telehealth and supporting local businesses and economies. Federal funding is critical to that mission but comes with…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1100+ words) As massive wildfires scorch the Pacific Northwest, electric cooperatives have been working tirelessly to keep the power on for their members even as some co-op employees have lost their own homes to the flames. At Inland Power & Light Company in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (303+ words) Any reforms to a national program to subsidize telecommunications networks in high-cost areas must ensure that rural residents “are not relegated to second-tier broadband service,” NRECA told the Federal Communications Commission on Aug. 4. NRECA filed comments with the FCC as…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (617+ words) After years of bureaucratic delays, Midstate Electric Cooperative in Oregon is making headway on crucial efforts to reduce the threat of wildfires on federal lands after the co-op’s CEO testified before House lawmakers early this year on permitting hurdles for…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (547+ words) When a pair of ospreys set their sights on a piece of prime waterfront property atop a power pole at North Carolina’s Hyco Lake this spring, Piedmont Electric Cooperative crews faced a two-pronged challenge familiar to many electric cooperatives: protecting…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (593+ words) Electric cooperatives and the U.S. Forest Service have teamed up to forge a better path for permitting co-op operations and managing wildfire risk on national forest lands in New Mexico, building on recent progress co-ops have made with federal agencies to…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (786+ words) The Oregon Rural Electric Cooperative Association and NRECA’s Voices for Cooperative Power have generated nearly 5,000 letters to the governor from electric cooperative members and allies in support of carbon-free, low-cost hydropower critical to keeping electricity affordable and reliable across the…...

1+ mon, 19+ hour ago   (310+ words) NRECA CEO Jim Matheson, testifying before a House panel Wednesday, urged Congress to pass legislation that would streamline the Federal Emergency Management Agency and dramatically speed up delivery of crucial relief funds to electric cooperatives devastated by natural disasters. “Congress…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (129+ words) America's Electric Cooperatives Along Those Lines: Co-op Leaders Share Succession Planning Strategies The electric cooperative workforce is on the cusp of big change, with a large portion of leadership and other employees nearing retirement age in the coming years. But…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (552+ words) A Florida electric cooperative equipment operator was among a trio of lifesavers, which included a Florida State University football player, honored recently by the Citrus County sheriff for saving a man’s life during a dramatic Father’s Day water rescue. Withlacoochee…...