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Electric Cooperatives in the News

See recent co-op stories making national and regional headlines.

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NRECA CEO on Fox News: "Our nation's electric reliability is at risk"

Co-ops on Full Measure: "We need more energy storage technology to meet surge in demand"

NRECA's Louis Finkel on White House Chronicle: "An energy transition must ensure reliability"

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U.S. at Risk of Tight Electric Supplies This Winter – NERC (Reuters)
A Quarter of Americans at Risk of Winter Power Blackouts, Grid Emergencies (Bloomberg)
Will Electric Vehicles Kill the Gas Station? (E&E News)
Regional Grids ‘Rolling the Dice’ on Weather—Watchdog (E&E News)
USDA Readies to Distribute $1.15B for Rural Broadband (Politico)

Areas of Expertise

NRECA’s media team can connect you with co-op experts to discuss:

Energy legislation/regulation
Renewable energy
Power generation
Grid reliability
Rural broadband

Disaster recovery
Cybersecurity
Electric vehicles
State of rural America

Latest Press Releases

NRECA’s Matheson: NERC Winter Reliability Assessment ‘Clear and Constant Warning’ to Policymakers

November 17, 2022

NRECA Statement on the Midterm Elections

November 8, 2022

NRECA Receives $15 Million DOE Award to Expand Cyber Protection of Industrial Control Systems

November 1, 2022

House-Passed Reconciliation Bill Includes Major Co-op Priorities

August 12, 2022

Electric Co-ops Cheer Inclusion of Key Co-op Priorities in Senate-Passed Inflation Reduction Act

August 7, 2022

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Co-ops at a Glance

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• Co-ops power over 21 million businesses, homes, schools and farms in 48 states.
• More than 250 co-ops are developing or planning to deploy broadband service to their members, giving them access to telehealth services, online learning, remote work and new possibilities for local businesses.
• In 2020, co-ops returned more than $1.5 billion in capital credits to their consumer-members.
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