Co-op Powers Pump for Texas Ranchers
Published: August 31st, 2011 in: Co-op NewsA Texas co-op is relieving drought-stricken ranchers in the central part of the state by providing free power for an emergency source of water for livestock. Heart of Texas Electric Co-op... Read more
News Roundup for August 31
Published: August 31st, 2011 in: News RoundupRep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., emphasized lessening dependence on oil imports, along with creating new jobs, as he helped dedicate a new wind turbine at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College. Walter... Read more
Clarity Sought on Grid Plans, Costs
Published: August 31st, 2011 in: FERCNRECA has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rehear and clarify several aspects of its Order 1000, the panel’s landmark final rule on transmission planning and cost... Read more
How One Co-op Coped with Irene
Published: August 30th, 2011 in: RecoveryFREDERICKSBURG, Va.—As soon as the first reports of power outages came into Rappahannock Electric Co-op’s offices on Aug. 27, the co-op switched into restoration mode, and it... Read more
LBJ Honored as Power Pioneer
Published: August 30th, 2011 in: Co-op NewsIn the big state of Texas, it took big men with even bigger ideas to bring electric power to the countryside. On a warm summer morning in the Texas Hill Country, one of the men who helped make... Read more
Copper Thefts Hit DOE
Published: August 30th, 2011 in: CrimeIt won’t help pay the bills, but perhaps co-ops can take comfort in knowing they’re in good company when it comes to being ripped off by copper thieves. Even Uncle Sam is a... Read more
News Roundup for August 30
Published: August 30th, 2011 in: News RoundupSummer is almost over, and there are still no solar panels on the White House roof. Last October, the Obama administration pledged that solar panels and a solar water heater would be installed on... Read more
Co-op Wins Over Skeptics
Published: August 30th, 2011 in: Business & FinanceWhen Oklahoma’s Tri-County Electric Cooperative acquired some of Xcel Energy’s service territory, Zac Perkins said it “really changed the way that we had to do business.” The inherited... Read more
Building, and Powering, a New Nation
Published: August 29th, 2011 in: InternationalThey have plenty of guns, but do not yet produce enough food to feed a rapidly growing population. They live in a country the size of France, but there’s only 62.1 miles of paved roads. They are... Read more
After Irene, Co-ops Face Huge Tasks
Published: August 29th, 2011 in: ResponseHurricane Irene swept across the Eastern Seaboard over the weekend leaving more than 2 million people without power, including hundreds of thousands of co-op consumer-members. “High... Read more