Electric Co-op Facts & Figures
In suburbs and rural areas, co-ops provide energy and are engines of economic development.
NRECA: WOTUS Proposal Strikes ‘Appropriate Balance’ to Protect Water Without Overregulation
NRECA submitted final comments on the rule proposed by the EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Tennessee Turnover: Wave of Freshman Legislators Activates Statewide Association on Co-op Message
What Tennessee’s electric co-op association did when Election Day reaped a huge turnover.
Senate Bill Offers Energy Storage and Microgrid Grants for Co-ops
Co-ops would be eligible to receive $25 million in renewable energy grants over a five-year period
NRECA News
Co-ops in the Upper Midwest Working to Restore Service to Members Hit by High Winds, Snow and Ice
Persistent winter weather knocks out power to thousands of co-op members.
NRECA News
USDA Awards $485 Million in Loans to Electric Co-ops to Improve Systems
Latest RUS electric loans: $485 million, 10 co-ops, 77 million consumers, 12 states.
Storm Recovery
April’s Snow, Ice and Wind Rip Co-op Lines in Midwest
Winter storm damage is continuing to plague electric co-ops in the Midwest this spring.
Storm Recovery
Co-op Lineworkers in Washington Honored for Rescuing Motorists Stuck in Snowstorm
In Washington state, honors go to co-op lineworkers for snowcat rescue during freak storm.