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Electric Cars Rev Up in Arkansas
By Derrill Holly | ECT Staff Writer Published: May 15th, 2012In Little Rock, Ark., the pitchy purr of small electric engines has become a tradition of spring and a rite of adolescent passage for some young consumer-members of electric cooperatives. For the ninth straight year, the city has hosted the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas Electric... Read more
Electric Vehicles
Charge Your Car, Get a RebatePublished: April 13th, 2012
A North Carolina electric cooperative is offering rebates to consumer-members installing at-home charging stations for their electric cars. Under the rebate program, EnergyUnited will offer $500... Read more
Electric Vehicles
More Electric Cars for CaliforniaPublished: April 12th, 2012
California has some 50,000 miles of highway and freeway lanes, and gasoline is well past $4 a gallon there. So the state is moving to get more electric cars on its roads. Gov. Jerry Brown has signed... Read more
Electric Vehicles
100,000 Miles as a Plug-inPublished: April 10th, 2012
Gas was $2.32 a gallon, a leaf was something on a tree and a volt was a unit of electric force when Alan Shedd began driving a plug-in hybrid. Much has changed since February 2007—including the... Read more
Telecom
Flint Energies Adds Fiber OpticsPublished: March 29th, 2012
A Georgia electric cooperative has gained a more robust communications system, and at the same time brought high speed Internet service to local schools. “This was a three-way deal that wound up... Read more
R & D
LEDs Might Boost Milk ProductionPublished: March 20th, 2012
In what could be a major development for America’s farmers, there are indications that LED lighting might lead cows to produce more milk. Experts are urging caution. But it is a development that... Read more