Issues and Policy
issues-and-policy
Co-op Pollinator Success Begins With Education
As Endangered Species Act listing looms, co-op pollinator projects gain traction.
Broadband
NRECA to Senate: Oppose Rural Broadband Restrictions; Seek USDA Grants, Loans
Expanding broadband access should be key element in Farm Bill.
Broadband
NRECA and Industry Groups: EVs Are Viable Tool to Meet Fuel Standards
NRECA to EPA: Electric vehicles play "important role in achieving energy and environment goals.”
Broadband
Missouri, Tennessee Pass Easement Laws Helpful to Rural Broadband
Electric co-ops pursuing broadband internet access turn to grassroots for easement help.
Power Supply
Remove a Huge Barrier to Power Plant Improvements, NRECA Urges Congress
NRECA’s message to lawmakers: Fix a big impediment to power plant improvements.
Broadband
Making Way for 5G
The next generation of wireless communications could present weighty challenges for co-ops.
Broadband
Broadband and the Opioid Epidemic: The Power of Connection in Rural America
USDA's Anne Hazlett writes about broadband as a critical tool in battling opioid misuse.
Broadband
Cooperatives Lauded as ‘Trailblazers’ in Community Solar
Co-op community solar “far exceeds” other utilities, a new SEPA report finds.
Broadband
Co-op Broadband Brightens Future of Rural Alabama
What an electric co-op can deliver to a low-income town with a little help from USDA: broadband.
Broadband
Commitment to Zero Contacts Initiative Targets Lineworker Injuries and Fatalities
New safety initiative helps co-ops strengthen safety programs, culture.