ECT.COOP

10/31/2016

"As new needs emerge, co-ops have been the answer," says NRECA's Martin Lowery: http://ow.ly/ja38305GQwY

10/27/2016

Expect winners and losers in battery storage: http://ow.ly/U8kb305BcR0

10/26/2016

Plenty of co-op pride at the International Lineman's Rodeo Association's 33rd annual event: http://ow.ly/RRir305wSzw

10/25/2016

Daily Briefing Rural Economic Activity on the Wane

Disheartening economic news from rural America: http://ow.ly/pAq7305wS0d

Economic activity in the nation’s heartland has sunk to a low not seen since the recession.

10/24/2016

Co-ops "do not have a mission problem, we have an identity problem," says a member of the Cooperative Hall of Fame: http://ow.ly/4uOS305t3vC

10/23/2016

It's America's first nuclear plant to come online in two decades: http://ow.ly/mHhO305rzm9

10/21/2016

The search is on for whoever fired shots damaging co-op equipment and leaving thousands in the dark: http://ow.ly/PAZa305n8Wb

10/20/2016

Daily Briefing Return of the Weather Blob

The weather blob is back: http://ow.ly/wS1n305n9q9

10/19/2016

Our friends at Touchstone Energy Cooperatives want to know : http://ow.ly/fHMk305kGj2

10/18/2016

No matter what fuel you use to heat the house this winter, expect to pay more: http://ow.ly/rQ8Z305iAs1

10/17/2016

Talk about timing! These Verdigris Valley Electric Cooperative heroes were in the right place at the right time to rescue two crash victims: http://ow.ly/l7Fq305gh34

10/13/2016

Daily Briefing Driving Member Satisfaction

Explaining net metering in a way everyone can understand - just one way to drive co-op member satisfaction: http://ow.ly/APub3059I72

Clearwater Power Co. has created a net metering demonstration project, a kiosk with a small wind turbine and solar array so members can see firsthand how the process plays out.

10/12/2016

Someone opened fire on this Garkane Energy Cooperative, Inc. | Loa, UT transformer. The damage isn't cheap. Nor is the posted reward: http://ow.ly/tcvy3057sT5

10/11/2016

Hurricane Matthew's calling card: Lots of damage, lots of outages, lots of repairs. The latest on co-op impacts: http://ow.ly/3FN93054Qx6

10/10/2016

After Hurricane Matthew, utter devastation to the co-op NRECA International built in Haiti: http://ow.ly/mxTi3052dDu

10/06/2016

Former NTSB chief and current National Safety Council CEO Deborah Hersman to speak at NRECA Safety Leadership Summit: http://ow.ly/bVR6304Vsbz

10/04/2016

Just a year ago they were thrilled to get electricity with NRECA International Foundation help. Now after Hurricane Matthew, these co-op members in Haiti need your help. Details: http://ow.ly/2cHa304QUUb

09/29/2016

Where Members Stand on Environmental Issues - Electric Co-op Today

"Conveniently Green" or "Average Joes" or something else? Better know where your members stand on environmental issues: http://ow.ly/w79a304FuLC

Touchstone Energy survey looks at where electric cooperative members stand on environmental issues.

09/28/2016

Co-op Official: Autodial Calls Have Value - Electric Co-op Today

Co-ops have legitimate reasons for making auto-dial calls that members want: http://ow.ly/lpyc304CwQn

House subcommittee hears why Telephone Consumer Protection Act needs updating by an electric co-op trying to serve prepaid members with autodial calls.

09/27/2016

These students at the AIEC lineman school are already heroes in one man's book: http://ow.ly/mVGZ304CxbZ

09/26/2016

Long before he was Navopache Electric Cooperative GM Cletus Eddy was a GI. This is his 70-year-old dog tag. There's quite a story about how it got lost and found: http://ow.ly/PA5r304ziFL

09/26/2016

ECT's Top 3 Stories of the Week:
1) Millennials: A Co-op Challenge: http://ow.ly/jZwI304nCQr
2) Crews Aim High in S.D. Fair Rescue: http://ow.ly/17uZ304kXFz
3) Find Tomorrow's Directors Today: http://ow.ly/fXZK304oplA

09/25/2016

Congratulations to Jane Pauley on being named the new anchor of "CBS Sunday Morning." Ms. Pauley spoke about her electric co-op roots during the 2014 NRECA Annual Meeting and you can read our story here: http://ow.ly/ynyf304xHTA

09/23/2016

Two reports - both from the Census Bureau - tell different stories about rural income: http://ow.ly/1wX8304tKOB

09/22/2016

Senate Passes Coal Ash Provisions - Electric Co-op Today

Co-op leaders pleased with Senate coal ash measure:
http://ow.ly/VZee304r03O

Provisions to manage coal ash from electric generation clear the Senate with support from NRECA and member co-ops.

09/22/2016

Members are on the go. Is your co-op along for the ride? http://ow.ly/uXub304qZF3

09/21/2016

Hundreds of co-op directors retire every year. Got a plan to replace them? These guys can help. http://ow.ly/fXZK304oplA

09/20/2016

Not sure how to attract millennials to your co-op workforce? Phil Gwoke of BridgeWorks came to the regional meeting to help: http://ow.ly/jZwI304nCQr

09/19/2016

You think people are happy to see linemen when the power is out? You should've seen how glad stranded carnival riders were when these Cherry-Todd Electric Cooperative heroes came to their rescue: http://ow.ly/17uZ304kXFz

09/18/2016

ECT's Top 3 Stories of the Week:
1) Broadband 101 for Co-op Eyeing Fiber: http://ow.ly/pfol304dtvO
2) Matheson: Co-ops Must be Leaders: http://ow.ly/FMG93048L6B
3) Wireless Members are an Opportunity: http://ow.ly/r6Ie304bBkD

09/17/2016

The average for regular is $2.20, down 18 cents from the same time last year. And we're saving even more. ECT's Weekly Fuel Price Watch: http://ow.ly/10snRE

09/16/2016

New Technology Means Big Opportunities - Electric Co-op Today

"The energy industry is changing in some pretty big ways."

Electric coops’ decades-long consumer focus means new technologies can save money and energy for end users.

09/15/2016

Freight Rail Bottom Lines Look Good - Electric Co-op Today

Freight rail is making money. What that means to electric co-ops:

The Surface Transportation Board announced four Class 1 railroads reached revenue adequacy in 2015.

09/14/2016

If the idea of taking your electric co-op into the broadband business keeps you up at night, read these expert tips: http://ow.ly/pfol304dtvO

09/14/2016

Why are wireless members a golden opportunity for co-ops? Find out: http://ow.ly/r6Ie304bBkD

09/13/2016

Like cheap gas? You're in luck: http://ow.ly/Xyi3304amgb

09/12/2016

New CEO of NRECA calls on electric co-ops to become “the leading voice in the electric industry and the leading voice of rural America" - http://ow.ly/FMG93048L6B

09/09/2016

What happened at the first NRECA regional meeting? Coverage coming Monday on ECT.

09/08/2016

A Lineman Speaks from Bolivia: Day Six - Electric Co-op Today

"It was awesome when they turned the switch on and the lights came on." Relive the victory lap with Northfork Electric Cooperative, Inc. safety director Heath Martin:

Day six of a lineman speaks from Bolivia on bringing power to the country through the NRECA International Foundation.

09/08/2016

Foot Dragging on Columbia River Treaty? - Electric Co-op Today

Members of the Northwest congressional delegation are urging the administration to pick up the pace:

A bipartisan group of senators and congressmen is concerned that the Obama administration is stalled on the rewrite of the Columbia River Treaty.