The Cooperative Advantage

Co-op 101

Electric Co-op Volunteers Help Restore Power in Hurricane-Ravaged Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa destroyed about 75% of Jamaica’s electrical infrastructure.

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Grassroots Strength

Grassroots Activists, Co-op Leaders Call on Congress to Pass FEMA Reform

The FEMA Act aims to ensure that co-ops no longer have to wait years for disaster relief.

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Cooperative Development

Alaska Co-op Provides Transformers to Rebuild Village Destroyed by Typhoon

State officials were desperate to find pole-mounted transformers to rebuild Kipnuk’s grid.

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Co-op 101

‘A National Treasure’: Early Co-op Power Plant Named Historic Landmark

The REA Power Plant Museum in Iowa has won National Historic Landmark designation.

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Our Communities

‘A Crash Course in Who We Are’: Tennessee Co-op Recounts Ice Storm Restoration

Middle Tennessee Electric, with help from 400-500 mutual aid crews, restored power quickly.

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Co-op 101

Electric Co-op Facts & Figures

This fact sheet provides an overview of America’s electric cooperative network.

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Co-op 101

Electric Co-op Volunteers Help Restore Power in Hurricane-Ravaged Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa destroyed about 75% of Jamaica’s electrical infrastructure.

Read More Now

Grassroots Strength

Grassroots Activists, Co-op Leaders Call on Congress to Pass FEMA Reform

The FEMA Act aims to ensure that co-ops no longer have to wait years for disaster relief.

Read More Now

Co-op 101

‘A National Treasure’: Early Co-op Power Plant Named Historic Landmark

The REA Power Plant Museum in Iowa has won National Historic Landmark designation.

Read More Now

Cooperative Development

Alaska Co-op Provides Transformers to Rebuild Village Destroyed by Typhoon

State officials were desperate to find pole-mounted transformers to rebuild Kipnuk’s grid.

Read More Now

Our Communities

‘A Crash Course in Who We Are’: Tennessee Co-op Recounts Ice Storm Restoration

Middle Tennessee Electric, with help from 400-500 mutual aid crews, restored power quickly.

Read More Now

Co-op 101

Electric Co-op Facts & Figures

This fact sheet provides an overview of America’s electric cooperative network.

Read More Now

Co-op 101

Electric Co-op Volunteers Help Restore Power in Hurricane-Ravaged Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa destroyed about 75% of Jamaica’s electrical infrastructure.

Read More Now

Grassroots Strength

Grassroots Activists, Co-op Leaders Call on Congress to Pass FEMA Reform

The FEMA Act aims to ensure that co-ops no longer have to wait years for disaster relief.

Read More Now

Cooperative Development

Alaska Co-op Provides Transformers to Rebuild Village Destroyed by Typhoon

State officials were desperate to find pole-mounted transformers to rebuild Kipnuk’s grid.

Read More Now

Co-op 101

‘A National Treasure’: Early Co-op Power Plant Named Historic Landmark

The REA Power Plant Museum in Iowa has won National Historic Landmark designation.

Read More Now

Our Communities

‘A Crash Course in Who We Are’: Tennessee Co-op Recounts Ice Storm Restoration

Middle Tennessee Electric, with help from 400-500 mutual aid crews, restored power quickly.

Read More Now

Co-op 101

Electric Co-op Facts & Figures

This fact sheet provides an overview of America’s electric cooperative network.

Read More Now

Spotlight on Co-op 101

‘A Crash Course in Who We Are’: Tennessee Co-op Recounts Ice Storm Restoration

Middle Tennessee Electric, with help from 400-500 mutual aid crews, restored power quickly.

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Along Those Lines: Award-Winning CEO Shares Her Co-op’s Communication Strategy

Hear from Cherryland Electric Cooperative CEO and J.C. Brown Award winner Rachel Johnson.

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Q&A With NRECA’s Safety Head on Winter Storm Fern’s Power Restoration Challenges

‘We will never sacrifice safety for the speed of restoration.’...

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The Cooperative Advantage Topics

Co-op 101

The nation’s member-owned, not-for-profit electric co-ops constitute a unique sector of the electric utility industry.

Community Involvement

Co-ops work not only on members' needs, but for the sustainable development of their communities.

Grassroots Strength

Getting the vote out for electric cooperative issues and members.