The Cooperative Advantage

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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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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The Cooperative Advantage

Record Number of Electric Co-ops Volunteer to Help Power Navajo Nation

Co-ops came from as far away as Florida to volunteer for the Light Up Navajo project.

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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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The Cooperative Advantage

Tennessee Lineworker Helps Bring Electricity to His Guatemalan Homeland

Tennessee electric co-op volunteers built 8 miles of power lines in the Guatemalan mountains.

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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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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

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

The Cooperative Advantage

Record Number of Electric Co-ops Volunteer to Help Power Navajo Nation

Co-ops came from as far away as Florida to volunteer for the Light Up Navajo project.

Read More Now

The Cooperative Advantage

Tennessee Lineworker Helps Bring Electricity to His Guatemalan Homeland

Tennessee electric co-op volunteers built 8 miles of power lines in the Guatemalan mountains.

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

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

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

The Cooperative Advantage

Record Number of Electric Co-ops Volunteer to Help Power Navajo Nation

Co-ops came from as far away as Florida to volunteer for the Light Up Navajo project.

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

The Cooperative Advantage

Tennessee Lineworker Helps Bring Electricity to His Guatemalan Homeland

Tennessee electric co-op volunteers built 8 miles of power lines in the Guatemalan mountains.

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

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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Along Those Lines: Electric Co-ops Mount Multipronged Campaign to Improve FEMA

Hear from NRECA CEO Jim Matheson and co-op leaders from Florida and Vermont in our latest podcast episode.

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Partnerships, Preparation Equal Power for Florida Co-op After Hurricane Double Whammy

Withlacoochee River EC faced a one-two punch with Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

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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.