Grassroots Strength
Grassroots Strength
VCP Helps Convince Minnesota Lawmakers to Approve Nuclear Energy Study
More than 3,000 grassroots advocates sent letters to lawmakers in support of the study.
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Arkansas Lawmakers Create State’s First Rural Electric Cooperative Caucus
Nearly everyone in the Arkansas state legislature represents at least one electric co-op.
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Legislative Conference: Policymakers Back Co-ops’ Call to Streamline Regulations
Co-ops are pushing for permitting reform, FEMA reform, wildfire mitigation and RUS funding.
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Q&A: NRECA’s Government Relations Leader Discusses Top Priorities for 2026
Permitting reform, FEMA reform and wildfire mitigation are all top priorities for NRECA.
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Grassroots Activists, Co-op Leaders Call on Congress to Pass FEMA Reform
The FEMA Act aims to ensure that co-ops no longer have to wait years for disaster relief.
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Congress Poised to Take Up Key Co-op Issues in Lame Duck Session
Disaster relief funding is one of the key issues that lawmakers are expected to consider.
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‘Small and Responsive and Reliable’: Members Use VCP Network to Share Co-op Stories
Electric co-op members share the unique bonds they have with their local co-ops.
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Legislative Conference Attendees Hit Capitol Hill With Messaging on Co-ops’ Top Policy Issues
Top issues for co-ops include the EPA power plant rule and funding for the New ERA program.
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Co-op Leaders Take Reliability Message to Capitol Hill, Federal Agencies
“Your voices matter,” NRECA CEO Jim Matheson told co-op leaders at Legislative Conference.
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Nearly 20,000 Co-op Members Urge Biden to Preserve Snake River Dams
Electric co-ops in eight Northwest states get hydropower from the Snake River dams.