Top Public Policy Watch Story
English Urges Communicators to Act
By Michael W. Kahn | ECT Staff Writer Published: May 17th, 2012NEW ORLEANS—Electric cooperative communicators are frontline soldiers in the fight to gain the grassroots support of members, NRECA CEO Glenn English told more than 600 communicators gathered here for Connect 2012. Speaking at the May 16 opening session, English told the... Read more
Legislative Conference, Our Energy, Our Future
How to Call on CongressPublished: May 2nd, 2012
Congress is busier than ever, and new technologies have made it easy to saturate Capitol Hill with emails, communiqués, tweets and pleas. How then can electric cooperatives cut through the clutter... Read more
Legislative Conference, Our Energy, Our Future
Political Success Lies in GrassrootsPublished: May 1st, 2012
Electric cooperative leaders need to know that political muscle at the grassroots level still carries more weight when it comes to influencing members of Congress than buckets full of campaign cash... Read more
Energy & Environment, Top Story
Congress Criticizes PMA ChangesPublished: April 30th, 2012
Congress needs to keep a tight check on an Energy Department plan that could disrupt a 75-year partnership between federal power marketing administrations and their customers, NRECA CEO Glenn English told a... Read more
Energy & Environment
NRECA Updates Pole Attachment GuidePublished: April 24th, 2012
Electric cooperatives’ future negotiations over pole attachment issues might be fundamentally affected by federal regulators’ recent rules on attachments, even though co-ops are not subject to them... Read more
Legislative Conference, Our Energy, Our Future, Top Story
Mobilizing 42 Million Co-op MembersPublished: April 16th, 2012
NRECA organizers are putting together the final program for the 2012 Grassroots Summit, a conference that CEO Glenn English calls critical to the future success of the electric cooperative... Read more