The Cooperative Advantage
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Storm Soldiers: Lineworkers Travel From Far and Farther to Battle Hurricane Helene
Life on the line: 16-hour days, cramped conditions and a sense of satisfaction.
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‘All Eyes on Us’: How Electric Co-op Communicators Rose to the Occasion in the Aftermath of Helene
An opportunity to shine: Communicators work Helene with diligence, transparency, creativity.
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The Ties That Bind: A South Carolina Co-op Was In the Dark After Hurricane Helene, but It Was Not Alone
The bond between two South Carolina co-ops grew stronger in the face of Hurricane Helene.
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Along Those Lines: Co-ops Embrace Cultural Evolution Amid a Generational Workforce Shift
Hear from NRECA's Delaine Orendorff as well as Katherine Domingue, CEO of SLEMCO.
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Rivers Rerouted, a Truck in the Water: Mountain Electric Remembers Helene
Helene drowns jobs, homes, roads and trucks as it strikes a border state co-op.
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‘We’d Never Seen Anything Like That’: For Co-ops in the Carolinas, Helene Was Uncharted Territory
Hurricanes happened to someone else until Helene cut its way through the Carolinas.
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Co-op Partnership With Minnesota Twins Is a Home Run for Young Ballplayers
The Twins youth clinics are “always stronger when we partner with local electric co-ops.”
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Tennessee Lineworker Helps Bring Electricity to His Guatemalan Homeland
Tennessee electric co-op volunteers built 8 miles of power lines in the Guatemalan mountains.
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‘A National Treasure’: Early Co-op Power Plant Named Historic Landmark
The REA Power Plant Museum in Iowa has won National Historic Landmark designation.
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Quick Action by Co-op Lineman and Member Saves Couple and Their Home From Fire
'I couldn't just sit there and let it burn. I had to do something,' says SLEMCO's lineman.