Issues and Policy
Energy Innovation
In Colorado Wilderness, ‘Miniature Hoover Dam’ Marks a Decade in Business
In the Colorado wilderness, a model single-phase hydroelectric project turns 10.
Reliability and Affordability
NRECA CEO to Congress: Electricity Transition Efforts Must Be Realistic
Congress can help co-ops by providing direct-pay incentives and streamlining permits.
Cybersecurity and Grid Resilience
NRECA Pioneers Dual-Disaster Tabletop Drill With Co-ops, State Officials
Drill connecting co-ops and states to tackle dual disasters “worth its weight in gold.”
Energy Innovation
North Carolina Co-ops Launch Battery Project for Utility-Scale Storage
“We are basically deferring the need for future generation to be built.”
Environment
NRECA: Supreme Court Should Preserve States’ Power to Set Fossil Plant Emissions
Electric co-ops say states, not EPA can set power plant levels of greenhouse gas emissions.
Broadband
Co-ops in Georgia Awarded $130M in Rescue Plan Broadband Grants
Georgia electric co-op pursued ARPA grants to meet “the need our members have for broadband.”
Reliability and Affordability
Q&A: Texas Co-ops Weigh In on Grid Reforms a Year After 2021 Freeze
Electric co-ops see value in steps taken to reform Texas grid operations after 2021 freeze.
Energy Innovation
Fair Trade: School Goes EV With Co-op’s Help, Turns Old Bus Into a Café
In Missouri, teachers and students repurpose old diesel school bus into school café.
Cybersecurity and Grid Resilience
Hawaii Co-op Among the First to Use Drones to Install Bird Diverters
It’s a bird. It’s a drone. It’s a co-op using drones to install bird diverters.