Issues and Policy
Broadband
NRECA to Congress: Be Bold in Funding Broadband That Meets Future Demand
An estimated 35% of rural Americans don’t have access to broadband from any provider.
Broadband
Commerce Secretary Sees ‘Mississippi Miracle’ of Rural Broadband at Co-op
“Where we started and where we are in less than a year is part of the ‘Mississippi miracle.’
Cybersecurity and Grid Resilience
Co-ops Aid in Rollout of Standardized Outage Map for First Responders and Public Safety
NRECA and co-ops support development of the Outage Data Initiative Nationwide system.
Energy Innovation
Along Those Lines: Harnessing Distributed Wind—Inside the RADWIND Project
Co-ops are helping to broaden the use of wind as a distributed generation resource.
Tax and Financing
Co-op CEO to Senate: Pass Direct-Pay Incentives, RUS Repricing Legislation
CIPCO has projected that more than 60% of its power will come from wind and solar by 2030.
Environment
‘Just Being a Good Neighbor’: S.C. Co-op Builds Roosting Line for Doves
Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative sees the dove roosting project as “being a good neighbor.”
Tax and Financing
Co-ops’ Push for Direct-Pay Energy Incentives Sees Progress in Senate
A similar House bill also would provide direct-pay incentives to co-ops.
Tax and Financing
Co-op Voices: How the RUS Repricing Bill Could Help Co-ops and Communities
A bill to save co-ops billions will help jump-start the post-pandemic economy, leaders say.
Energy Innovation
Kentucky Co-op Will Deliver Solar Power to World’s Only Corvette Factory
GM and a Kentucky co-op will connect to solar power to build Corvettes with renewable energy.
Cybersecurity and Grid Resilience
Along Those Lines: Lessons Learned From the Texas Power Crisis
Texans faced days of outages and crippling power supply shortages after February's Arctic blast an