Our Energy, Our Future

Planning for the Politics Ahead

Published: December 6th, 2011

While Congress sits gridlocked on just about every matter of public policy, that’s no excuse for inaction on the part of electric cooperatives, NRECA CEO Glenn English told the association’s... Read more

Our Energy, Our Future

Messages Delivered to Lawmakers

Published: May 24th, 2010

Tens of thousands of messages from co-op consumer-members arrived on Capitol Hill May 20, as part of the electric cooperative fight to keep electricity affordable. NRECA staffers delivered stacks of... Read more

Our Energy, Our Future

Today’s Consumers Must Be Active

Published: May 5th, 2010

Seven decades ago, it was grassroots efforts that formed co-ops to bring electricity to rural America. Today’s consumer-members are different. “Folks, more often than not, when they flip that... Read more

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Grassroots Campaign Hits 500,000

Published: April 15th, 2010

Co-op members at the grassroots level are responding to a call to action from co-op officials on the issue of federal climate change legislation. Early this month, the two-year-old Our Energy, Our... Read more

Our Energy, Our Future

English Calls for Co-op Action

Published: March 18th, 2010

NRECA CEO Glenn English has issued a call to co-ops across the nation, urging them to press lawmakers to cosponsor bills that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas... Read more

Our Energy, Our Future

Obama: Climate Bill Might be Split

Published: February 4th, 2010

President Obama has signaled for the first time that a cap-and-trade emissions plan might be separated from an overall energy bill, though he did not indicate his administration would drop its move toward... Read more

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500,000 Postcards Sent to Senate

Published: October 2nd, 2009

Co-op leaders from 28 states spread across Capitol Hill Sept. 28–29, armed with more than half-a-million postcards from their members urging lawmakers to keep affordable electricity at the forefront of... Read more