Tennessee Lineworker Helps Bring Electricity to His Guatemalan Homeland
Tennessee electric co-op volunteers built 8 miles of power lines in the Guatemalan mountains.
International Electrification
America's electric co-ops actively support rural electrification in developing countries through NRECA International.
NRECA International
For 60 years, NRECA International has been a global ambassador for the cooperative business model, working in developing countries to help governments and their citizens bring electricity to rural places, leading to improvements in education, health care, safety and economic opportunity.
NRECA International News Stories
Virginia Co-op Employee is First Linewoman on NRECA International Project
Lineworker Genevie Boarman helped electrify a village in northwestern Guatemala.
Co-op Leader's Teen Daughter Serves as Translator on NRECA International Trip
Oregon co-op volunteers electrified a Guatemalan village and revitalized its schoolhouse.
'Opening Up to Co-ops'
Zambia is the latest African nation to embrace electric cooperatives to bring power to unserved rural areas. NRECA International is working in the communities of Ntatumbila and Petauke to help establish member-owned utilities, and at least three other regions are planning to launch co-ops over the next two years.
Learn more in a recent RE Magazine cover story.
