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N.C. Co-ops Improve Burn Center

By Victoria A. Rocha | ECT Staff Writer Published: February 4th, 2012

In North Carolina, fragile burn victims are getting improved care, thanks to the generosity of the state’s electric cooperatives. The state’s 26 co-ops and their partners and vendors have given $500,000 over a five-year period to help build the newly dedicated Acute Burn and Wound... Read more

Co-op News

N.C. Co-ops Improve Burn Center

Published: February 4th, 2012

In North Carolina, fragile burn victims are getting improved care, thanks to the generosity of the state’s electric cooperatives. The state’s 26 co-ops and their partners and vendors have given... Read more

Co-op Voices

Small Steps Yield a Big Impact

Published: February 2nd, 2012

In 1993, I was one of 19 volunteers who went to Honduras and installed a small hydroelectric system that would barely serve three or four homes in the United States. It was a remote rural area, but a... Read more

Local Initiatives

Commitment from the Heart

Published: January 31st, 2012

Staffers at a Virginia electric cooperative are finding ways to help make a difference in their communities by raising thousands of dollars for local causes. Employees of Rappahannock Electric... Read more

CEO Close-up, Co-op News, Editor's Pick

Co-op Conference App Debuts

Published: January 30th, 2012

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—Going to an NRECA conference? There’s an app for that—or there soon will be. The association has partnered with the National Information Solutions Cooperative to... Read more

CEO Close-up, Co-op News

Ohio Co-op CEO Wins Leadership Award

Published: January 25th, 2012

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.— In this International Year of Cooperatives, the head of an Ohio electric cooperative is being singled out for his “personal and proactive promotion of the... Read more