Legislative Conference
Co-ops Called to Act on Major IssuesPublished: May 8th, 2012
A deeply polarized Congress has moved at a snail’s pace for the last 16 months. But that doesn’t mean action on issues important to co-ops has slowed down. At the Grassroots Summit and... Read more
Legislative Conference
Co-op Political Success StoriesPublished: May 7th, 2012
Here’s how you know that a political outreach program is working—at a town hall meeting, a lawmaker defers to a co-op representative to explain the details of legislation. That happened not long... Read more
Legislative Conference
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
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
Legislative Conference
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
Legislative Conference
Giving Lawmakers the Personal TouchPublished: May 6th, 2011
Lee McLaughlin, Paul Sigurdson and Marty Dahl, all co-op officials from North Dakota, had a big job to do on the second day of the NRECA Legislative Conference. McLaughlin and Sigurdson, board... Read more
Legislative Conference
Flexible Clean Energy Standard a KeyPublished: May 5th, 2011
Flexibility is an indispensible characteristic of a federal clean energy standard, co-op leaders emphasized at a May 2 forum. Co-ops need to be at the table, with a unified position, as a standard is... Read more