Our Communities
Quality of Life
NRECA Urges Congress to Pass $10 Billion More in Low-Income Energy Aid
Utilities face an estimated $30 billion in overdue bills from consumers because of the pandemic.
Cooperative Development
NRECA Sends Concerns to FCC About $9.2 Billion Rural Broadband Auction
RDOF winners that fail “will put people in rural America in substandard service for a long time.
Our Communities
Members of Congress Urge FCC to Vet Provider Promises on Rural Broadband
NRECA fears broadband providers with winning bids at the RDOF auction can’t keep promises.
Our Communities
Co-ops Create Electric Vehicle Charging Network in Upper Midwest
Leaders of the regional CHARGE EV network hope it will grow into a national co-op-run network.
Cooperative Development
Broadband ‘One Buck Deal’: Georgia Co-ops’ Pole Fee Wins Unanimous Approval
Georgia EMC strikes a “one buck deal” on pole attachments to get rural broadband.
Quality of Life
In Rural Illinois, Co-op’s Generosity Helps Replace Mobile Dental Clinic
Illinois electric co-op goes the extra mile to support mobile dental clinic for needy children.
Cooperative Development
Electric Co-ops Win $1.6 Billion in FCC Rural Broadband Auction
NRECA is analyzing results of the FCC broadband auction and its impact on electric co-op members.
Our Communities
South Carolina Co-op Does Its Part to Help Endangered Woodpecker Rebound
G&T prioritizes preservation of woodpecker’s habitat in plans for new power line.
Quality of Life
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Builds Co-op Connections, Young Readers
Touchstone Energy brings Dolly Parton’s early literacy program to co-op communities.
Quality of Life
‘Leave Cancer on Shore’—VEC Helps Launch Electric Boat Charity
Overnight charge lets battery-powered boat give quiet lake tours to cancer patients all day.