National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)

Electric co-ops operate according to a set of seven cooperative principles, making co-ops a unique form of business that serves the consumers who own them.

Piedmont Electric Giving Members Tools to Lower Electric Bills

Minnesota Co-op Receives LEED Gold Certification

Georgia Power Supplier Turning Forest Products into Electric Power

Three Co-ops Make Top Ten Solar Energy Ranking

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Regional Meeting 1-4

September 3, 2010 - Cooperative directors from North Carolina to Michigan looking at risks and opportunities facing electric utilities. more >>

Electric Co-ops Launch Nationwide Smart Grid Demonstration Project

August 3, 2010 - With a matching Department of Energy grant, electric co-ops deploy 153,000 smart grid coponents nationwide. more >>

NRECA to DOE: Existing Privacy Principles Can Protect Consumers in a New Smart Grid Environment

July 26, 2010 - Electric co-ops respond to a request for information from the Department of Energy. more >>

NRECA to DOE: Utilities Need Flexibility in Choosing Communications Technologies

July 26, 2010 - Electric co-ops respond to a request for information from the Department of Energy. more >>

NRECA CEO Glenn English Testifies before the Senate Agriculture Committee

July 22, 2010 - Testifying on the Farm Bill’s Energy and Rural Development programs, English outlined the challenges facing electric cooperatives in over the next ten years. more >>

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