Issues and Policy
Farm Bill
NRECA CEO to Congress: Improve Broadband Programs Crucial to Rural America
More than 200 electric cooperatives are involved in efforts to deploy rural broadband.
Broadband
Leapfrogging the Competition: Mississippi Cooperative Delivers XGS-PON Broadband
“We didn’t want to face a rip-and-replace within the first five years of our build.”
Farm Bill
Co-op CEO: Congress Must Prioritize USDA Programs Crucial to Rural America
USDA programs help electric co-ops boost economic development in rural communities.
Reliability and Affordability
Ohio Co-op Leader to Congress: Proposed EPA Rule Threatens Reliable Power
Carbon capture and hydrogen technology is still experimental, a co-op leader says.
Reliability and Affordability
Congress Passes Permitting Reform to Streamline Environmental Reviews
Environmental impact statements must now be completed within two years.
Reliability and Affordability
Senators to DOE: Transformer Rule Threatens Reliability, National Security
Forty-seven senators say the DOE’s transformer rule risks national security.
Reliability and Affordability
Video: NRECA CEO Jim Matheson Highlights Looming Reliability Challenges
Amid growing reliability threats, NRECA's CEO sat down with Bret Baier to discuss the issue.
Reliability and Affordability
Co-op Leader to Congress: ‘Rolling Blackouts Cannot Become New Normal’
A mix of energy sources is needed to keep power on during storms, a Missouri co-op CEO said.
Environment
Wyoming Integrated Test Center Lands Corporate Tenants for Carbon Capture Projects
Two corporate tenants will use CO2 captured from flue gas produced at Basin Electric plant.
Reliability and Affordability
NRECA Urges Biden to Prioritize U.S. Steel Production for Electric Grid
An Electrical Steel Summit should be convened on the challenges to U.S. steel production.