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Co-op Professionals From Indiana and Kentucky Win Top Economic Development Honors
Two of the nation’s top 50 economic developers come from Kentucky and Indiana co-ops.
Along Those Lines: Co-ops Embrace Cultural Evolution Amid a Generational Workforce Shift
Hear from NRECA's Delaine Orendorff as well as Katherine Domingue, CEO of SLEMCO.
Rivers Rerouted, a Truck in the Water: Mountain Electric Remembers Helene
Helene drowns jobs, homes, roads and trucks as it strikes a border state co-op.
‘We’d Never Seen Anything Like That’: For Co-ops in the Carolinas, Helene Was Uncharted Territory
Hurricanes happened to someone else until Helene cut its way through the Carolinas.
House Panel Passes FEMA Reform Bill That Would Speed Disaster Aid to Co-ops
The bill allows co-ops to be reimbursed for interest on loans to rebuild their systems.
‘The Storm That Sticks Around With Us for a Long, Long Time’: A Year Later, Co-ops Reflect on Helene
CEOs, lineworkers, staffers discuss the struggle behind and the road ahead after Helene.
Co-op Partnership With Minnesota Twins Is a Home Run for Young Ballplayers
The Twins youth clinics are “always stronger when we partner with local electric co-ops.”
Oregon Wildfire Forces Evacuation of Hundreds of Co-op Members
The wildfire impact could have been much worse, but the co-op has spent millions on mitigation.
Tennessee Lineworker Helps Bring Electricity to His Guatemalan Homeland
Tennessee electric co-op volunteers built 8 miles of power lines in the Guatemalan mountains.
‘A National Treasure’: Early Co-op Power Plant Named Historic Landmark
The REA Power Plant Museum in Iowa has won National Historic Landmark designation.