Issues and Policy
Tax and Financing
NRECA: Treasury Should Keep Start-of-Construction Rules for Energy Credits
Changing the rules would likely make co-ops scrap projects or incur more debt, NRECA said.
Reliability and Affordability
Agencies Roll Out Streamlined Permitting Rules After Long Push by NRECA
The new procedures should speed permitting of co-op energy and broadband projects.
Broadband
Supreme Court Upholds Crucial Broadband Fund in ‘Win for Rural America’
The ruling will help electric co-ops bring high-speed internet to unserved rural communities.
Reliability and Affordability
Arizona Co-op Leader to Congress: Coal Is Crucial Part of the Energy Mix
Using coal in the energy mix helps Arizona co-ops meet summer demand, a co-op leader says.
Reliability and Affordability
Supreme Court Ruling on Environmental Law Eases Path for Co-op Projects
The court’s decision should give co-ops more predictability on project reviews, NRECA says.
Reliability and Affordability
NRECA Applauds Trump Administration’s Move to Protect Lower Snake River Dams
The dams supply over 3,000 megawatts of hydropower for 52 electric co-ops in the West.
Reliability and Affordability
NRECA: Proposed Repeal of Power Plant Rules Is a ‘Welcome Course Correction’
The rules “jeopardize the reliability of the electric grid,” NRECA CEO Jim Matheson said.
Reliability and Affordability
Rapid Data Center Development Challenges Grid Reliability, NERC Report Says
Data centers are typically built quickly—in about two years or less, the NERC report says.