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Prairie Power brings The Energy Efficiency Wall to Capitol Hill
August 13, 2010 - On July 21st, members of Prairie Power, and its 10 distribution cooperatives, brought the Energy Efficiency Wall to Congress to show policymakers what electric cooperatives are doing to combat energy waste. more >>

NRECA Thanks Members for Efforts to Stop EPA from Regulating Coal Ash as Hazardous Waste
August 3, 2010 - NRECA thanks all members of the House and Senate who signed letters to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson urging EPA not to regulate coal combustion byproducts as a hazardous material. more >>

PNGC Power President and CEO John Prescott Testifies Before the House Water and Power Subcommittee
August 3, 2010 - Power President and CEO John Prescott testified to the House Water and Power Subcommittee on Thursday July, 29th on problems in integrating wind power resources into the small hydropower generation mix. 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 >>

House Committee on Agriculture Passes Rural Energy Savings Program Act
July 19, 2010 - With strong bipartisan support, the House Committee on Agriculture voted out the Rural Energy Savings Program Act (H.R. 4785). more >>

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