Energy Conservation

Coping With Weather Extremes

Published: July 23rd, 2010

Co-op consumer-members in West Texas are used to weather extremes. Blistering hot summers and bitterly cold winters mark the seasons in portions of the Trans-Pecos region, where nighttime temperatures can... Read more

Energy Conservation

Beat the Peak at the Beach

Published: June 3rd, 2010

When hot weather descends on the Delmarva Peninsula this summer, the two electric co-ops serving consumer-members in Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore communities will be delivering the same... Read more

Energy Conservation

Co-op Promotes Efficiency on Farm

Published: April 8th, 2010

A co-op that serves consumer-members in two states is working with its state cooperative extension service experts to help farmers run their operations more efficiently. Marketing specialists of... Read more

Energy Conservation

Home Grown Conservation Projects

Published: April 5th, 2010

Faced with rising demand and higher wholesale costs for electric power, directors of an Idaho co-op have been trying to support conservation and efficiency programs to help their nearly 15,000... Read more

Energy Conservation

Energy Savings on the Farm

Published: March 4th, 2010

An Iowa energy solutions cooperative is positioned to help all Iowa agricultural producers find ways to save money on the farm. Marshalltown-based Consumers Energy is so committed to agricultural energy... Read more

Energy Conservation

The Smiling Face of Savings

Published: February 25th, 2010

For a second straight year, a Kentucky co-op is teaming up with a local television station to help its consumer-members save money. Blue Grass Energy has just completed production on the first three of 12... Read more

Energy Conservation

Iowa Co-ops Set Efficiency Goals

Published: January 29th, 2010

Electric co-ops in Iowa have agreed to invest $72 million over five years on cost-effective energy-efficiency programs for their consumer-members. “We’ve looked at how consumer-members use... Read more