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Rural Projects to Get $4.1 Million
Published: May 14th, 2012 in: Co-op NewsTwelve electric and telephone cooperatives in nine states have been selected in the latest round of federal rural economic development loans and... Read more
Security at Co-ops Goes High Tech
Published: May 14th, 2012 in: Crime, Top StoryFrom mischief to copper theft and everything in between, keeping an electric cooperative safe can be a full-time job. A new detailed report... Read more
CapX2020 Line Gets Key Approval
Published: May 14th, 2012 in: Transmission & DistributionA major transmission project aimed at modernizing the electric grid in the upper Midwest has gotten a key go-ahead from Wisconsin... Read more
Big Sky is Limit for Energy Savings
Published: May 14th, 2012 in: Editor's Pick, Local InitiativesA team of students from schools in rural Montana found the sky—make that the Big Sky—was the limit in their quest to reduce household energy... Read more
Co-op Rocks Contest with Rap Video
Published: May 13th, 2012 in: Co-op News, Editor's PickRap videos are usually about money and cars, but a North Dakota G&T is making it all about the power of electric cooperatives. During a... Read more
Weekly Digest for May 11
Published: May 11th, 2012 in: UncategorizedThe Weekly Digest contains brief summaries of some of the most important stories recently posted on ECT.coop. Click on the issue date on the... Read more
Co-op Exec Volunteers in Vietnam
Published: May 11th, 2012 in: InternationalAfter 40 years, Scott Parsley finally made it to Vietnam. Parsley, now an electric cooperative executive, was a crewman aboard the aircraft... Read more
Japanese Eye Colo. Co-op Solar Plan
Published: May 11th, 2012 in: Renewable EnergyJapanese utility industry officials visited recently an electric cooperative in Colorado to learn about a program that allows consumer-members to... Read more
Va. Lineman Finds Missing Child
Published: May 10th, 2012 in: Co-op News, Editor's PickWorking as a lead lineman for an electric cooperative serving part of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, Jeff Colvin spends a lot of time looking up... Read more
A Day Helping Kids Brings Honors
Published: May 10th, 2012 in: Editor's Pick, Local InitiativesBarbara Shaw readily admits she gets excited when talking about Camp Boggy Creek. “It really touched our heart,” Shaw said of the... Read more