Issues and Policy
Tax and Financing
NRECA Cheers Senate Bill That Includes Direct-Pay Incentives for Co-ops
The budget bill includes a $9.7 billion program to help co-ops develop clean energy systems.
Broadband
Along Those Lines: Introducing NRECA Broadband
NRECA leaders discuss what went into the decision to form NRECA Broadband and where it’s headed.
Tax and Financing
Kauaʻi Island CEO: Direct-Pay Incentives Will Lower Cost of Energy Innovation
Kauaʻi Island co-op has used federal incentives to help achieve 70% renewable energy.
Broadband
NRECA Broadband Launches to Boost Telecom Advocacy and Resources
NRECA Broadband gives co-ops a “united voice in Washington” to vie with big telecom.
Reliability and Affordability
Tiger Team: Electric Co-op Leaders Join Effort to Ease Supply Chain Problems
Electric utilities, including co-ops, are working together to solve supply shortages.
Environment
Supreme Court: EPA Lacks Authority to Cap CO2 From Existing Power Plants
A “backwater” section of the Clean Air Act does not authorize EPA to cut CO2 at coal units.
Tax and Financing
Arkansas Co-op Leader to Congress: Take Grid Reliability Warnings Seriously
It will take a diverse energy mix to provide reliable power, an Arkansas co-op leader said.
Reliability and Affordability
NRECA Statement on President Biden’s Use of Defense Production Act for Energy Supply Chain
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) CEO Jim Matheson issued a statement on Pre
Energy Innovation
Farewell to Willy and Wally: Basin Electric Benefits From Early Commitment to Wind Power
After 20 years of service, Basin Electric's oldest utility-scale wind turbines come down.