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Co-op Voices: The Expanding Financial Toll of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Some co-op members are having trouble paying their electric bills after being laid off their jobs.
Economy & Trends
COVID-19 Concerns Fuel Uncertainty for Farmers, Ranchers in Co-op Country
The COVID-19 pandemic is depressing prices for products that co-op members produce on their farms.
Economy & Trends
Electric Co-ops Face $10 Billion Revenue Loss by 2022 Due to COVID-19
NRECA urges policymakers to act as electric co-ops face a $10 billion revenue loss from COVID-19.
Cooperative Development
Along Those Lines: Keeping Crews and Members Safe, Powered and Connected During the Pandemic
Electric co-op leaders discuss safety measures to keep power on and members connected to broadband
Quality of Life
Video: Co-op Broadband Enhances Education, Local Economy in Rural Virginia
Co-op connects residents, schools, businesses to opportunities they’d never had access to before
Economy & Trends
Co-op Leaders Add Their Voice to FCC Precision Agriculture Effort
Precision agriculture brings greater efficiency to farm tasks like seeding, fertilizing and wateri
Quality of Life
NRECA Seeks Federal Relief for Co-ops as Members Struggle to Pay Bills
Co-ops need loans and consumers need broadband access during the pandemic, NRECA told Congress.
Quality of Life
Illinois Co-op Wins $2 Million USDA Community Connect Grant for Broadband
Jo-Carroll Energy will use the grant to deliver broadband to 420 homes in rural Illinois.
Cooperative Development
Lineworkers Electrify Guatemalan Villages as Coronavirus Closes Border
Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives, NRECA International and lawmakers helped bring volunteers home.
Cooperative Development
Co-op Broadband Providers Pledge to Sustain Low-Income Service as Pandemic Hardships Increase
How co-op broadband providers are keeping communities connected during COVID-19 pandemic.