Reliability and Affordability

Electric co-op leaders will support efforts to speed up the federal permitting process.

NRECA CEO Jim Matheson applauded House passage of major energy legislation (H.R. 1), which include

“The meat and potatoes of our industry will remain affordability and reliability.”

Dairyland Power offered four major ideas for modernizing the federal permitting process.

Co-op leaders support provisions in the BUILDER Act to streamline federal permitting.

Loans will go toward 64 projects benefiting nearly 2 million people in 26 states.

A Texas electric cooperative offers retail choice to increase sales and add value for its members.

As President Biden prepares to deliver his State of the Union address later today, National Rural

Electric co-ops are excited about grid investment, but reliability is job one.

In Ohio, the number of coal-fired generating plants has fallen from 21 to five since 2009.