Reliability and Affordability

NRECA pushed for the 2026 RUS funding boost and will continue to advocate for more money.

“Success with projects like this start and end with communities.”

The actions include a proposal to extend deadlines for EPA’s power plant wastewater rule.

Cherryland deployed drones for safe, efficient damage assessment after a spring ice storm.

Sound land management policies and grid hardening investments will help combat wildfires, he said.

Repealing the 2024 rule will help preserve affordable and reliable electricity, NRECA said.

The SPEED Act would shorten permitting timelines and reduce litigation, sponsors say.

Without permitting reform, there will be more blackouts, a co-op leader told lawmakers.

Changing the rules would likely make co-ops scrap projects or incur more debt, NRECA said.