Our Energy, Our Future
Co-ops Urge Members to VotePublished: February 20th, 2012
Electric cooperatives are urging their consumer-members to get involved in politics. With presidential primaries and caucuses already under way, and 468 congressional races this year, the 42 million... Read more
Our Energy, Our Future
Planning for the Politics AheadPublished: 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 LawmakersPublished: 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 ActivePublished: 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 500,000Published: 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
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English Calls for Co-op ActionPublished: 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
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Obama: Climate Bill Might be SplitPublished: 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