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 >>

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 >>

NRECA Thanks Members of Congress for Their Support of the RUS Electric Loan Program

June 29, 2010 - RUS Rural Electric Loan Program projected to return $50 million to the federal government. more >>

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