All Things Trees at Pa. Co-op
Published: May 17th, 2012 in: Editor's Pick, Environmental StewardshipA Pennsylvania electric cooperative has continued its quest to promote healthy, abundant tree growth in its service area by helping local schoolchildren celebrate Arbor Day. Adams Electric... Read more
Hoosier Energy Takes Chesnutt Award
Published: May 17th, 2012 in: Co-op News, CONNECTNEW ORLEANS—With a rate increase on the horizon, Hoosier Energy decided it would be best to come up with a plan to explain energy issues and share ways for consumers to control... Read more
NRECA: Smart Grid Panel Losing Focus
Published: May 17th, 2012 in: Smart GridThe Smart Grid Interoperability Panel’s efforts should remain focused on what its title suggests—serving as a “traffic cop” to help keep the interoperability standards development process... Read more
English Urges Communicators to Act
Published: May 17th, 2012 in: CONNECT, Our Energy, Our Future, Top StoryNEW 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... Read more
Ospreys Revisit N.C. Co-op Nest
Published: May 16th, 2012 in: Environmental StewardshipHappy signs of life have continued at a nest built by line crews from a North Carolina cooperative last year. Heaving huge sighs of relief are Danny Pendergrass, an area foreman in the... Read more
CFL Charlie a Schoolhouse Hit
Published: May 15th, 2012 in: CONNECT, Consumer Outreach, Editor's PickHOUMA, La.—Nothing brightens up the school day like an assembly, and there’s no one like CFL Charlie to bring a cafeteria full of students to life... Read more
Energy Oscars are a Co-op Winner
Published: May 15th, 2012 in: Consumer OutreachBet you didn’t know they hand out Oscars in McKee, Ky. Billy Crystal wasn’t there—after all, it’s 2,200 miles from Hollywood—but these awards are every bit as important as the... Read more
Electric Cars Rev Up in Arkansas
Published: May 15th, 2012 in: Electric VehiclesIn Little Rock, Ark., the pitchy purr of small electric engines has become a tradition of spring and a rite of adolescent passage for some young consumer-members of electric... Read more
Warm Weather, More Losses at TVA
Published: May 15th, 2012 in: Business & FinanceUnusually warm weather turned up the heat on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s quarterly financial results. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, TVA reported a net loss... Read more
In Arkansas: Winning to Save Energy
Published: May 15th, 2012 in: Energy EfficiencyHere's an energy-efficiency win-win in Arkansas: consumer-members are answering questions about their homes as they compete for a chance at a makeover that could save them big money. And... Read more