Issues and Policy
Environment
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
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.
Environment
NRECA Explains Co-ops’ Obstacles Under Clean Power Plan
What should EPA know about America’s electric co-ops before drafting another Clean Power Plan?
Cybersecurity and Grid Resilience
GridEx Gives Co-ops Chance to Flex Cybersecurity Muscles
Under cyber and physical attacks, electric co-ops find NERC’s GridEx IV reinforced the importanc
Energy Innovation
Vermont Co-op Helps Members Save With Weatherization and Efficiency Upgrades
Washington Electric Co-op's Button Up program offers ways to save energy and money.
Broadband
Digital Divide: How Can the ‘Uneven Landscape’ of Broadband Access Be Fixed?
NRECA CEO Jim Matheson offers recommendations at a national listening forum.
Energy Innovation
Utah Co-op Gets Creative With Solar Array
Solar power, great sound and shade, too? A Utah electric co-op has helped create performance space
Broadband
Secretary Perdue, Chairman Pai to join Stakeholders for Rural Broadband Forum
The “E-Connectivity Forum” is the kickoff event for a series of regional conversations designe