Issues and Policy
Reliability and Affordability
Along Those Lines: Raising the Alarm on Grid Reliability
Hear from NRECA CEO Jim Matheson and Associated Electric Cooperative CEO David Tudor.
Farm Bill
NRECA CEO to Congress: Improve Broadband Programs Crucial to Rural America
More than 200 electric cooperatives are involved in efforts to deploy rural broadband.
Broadband
Leapfrogging the Competition: Mississippi Cooperative Delivers XGS-PON Broadband
“We didn’t want to face a rip-and-replace within the first five years of our build.”
Farm Bill
Co-op CEO: Congress Must Prioritize USDA Programs Crucial to Rural America
USDA programs help electric co-ops boost economic development in rural communities.
Reliability and Affordability
Ohio Co-op Leader to Congress: Proposed EPA Rule Threatens Reliable Power
Carbon capture and hydrogen technology is still experimental, a co-op leader says.
Reliability and Affordability
Congress Passes Permitting Reform to Streamline Environmental Reviews
Environmental impact statements must now be completed within two years.
Reliability and Affordability
Senators to DOE: Transformer Rule Threatens Reliability, National Security
Forty-seven senators say the DOE’s transformer rule risks national security.
Reliability and Affordability
Video: NRECA CEO Jim Matheson Highlights Looming Reliability Challenges
Amid growing reliability threats, NRECA's CEO sat down with Bret Baier to discuss the issue.
Reliability and Affordability
Co-op Leader to Congress: ‘Rolling Blackouts Cannot Become New Normal’
A mix of energy sources is needed to keep power on during storms, a Missouri co-op CEO said.
Environment
Wyoming Integrated Test Center Lands Corporate Tenants for Carbon Capture Projects
Two corporate tenants will use CO2 captured from flue gas produced at Basin Electric plant.