NRECA Works to Achieve Legislative Gains for Cooperatives
Posted on Jan 11, 2022 in Legislative & Politics | Comments Off on NRECA Works to Achieve Legislative Gains for Cooperatives
Electric cooperatives throughout the nation are poised to reap the benefits in 2022 of legislation passed by Congress last year that includes coop priorities pushed by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and its members. The biggest success was passage of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure and Jobs Act, which will give a major boost to coops by...
Electric Cooperatives Laud Passage of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
Posted on Nov 8, 2021 in Grid & Infrastructure, Legislative & Politics | Comments Off on Electric Cooperatives Laud Passage of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association CEO Jim Matheson praised Congress’ passage of a bipartisan infrastructure bill that will support clean energy technologies, broadband deployment, grid modernization and resiliency and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, all of which will assist in meeting the needs of communities served by electric cooperatives.
NRECA Selected for DOE Funds
Posted on Sep 24, 2021 in Energy Storage | Comments Off on NRECA Selected for DOE Funds
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) was one of several groups chosen by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) for funds to increase engagement in carbon management and promote energy storage. The funds are being made available through cooperative agreements and are managed by the National Energy Technology Laboratory. NRECA could gain up to $100,000 per...
NRECA Suggests FEMA Improvements
Posted on Aug 6, 2021 in Natural Disaster | Comments Off on NRECA Suggests FEMA Improvements
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) responded to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) request for information related to natural disaster recovery with comments focused on fixing policies and regulations that create financial hardships for electric cooperatives and the communities they serve. Slow disbursement of emergency funds and the inability to...
Cooperatives Adopt NRECA Cybersecurity Technology
Posted on Jul 30, 2021 in Cybersecurity | Comments Off on Cooperatives Adopt NRECA Cybersecurity Technology
Fifty-two additional electric cooperatives have committed to use the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s (NRECA) Essence technology to share cybersecurity and threat data with government partners. The increase comes as the Biden administration’s 100-day electric sector cybersecurity initiative concludes.
NRECA, Coops Apply for Federal Electric Vehicle Grants
Posted on Jul 20, 2021 in Financing | Comments Off on NRECA, Coops Apply for Federal Electric Vehicle Grants
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) has joined with 17 of its member electric cooperatives to apply for $8 million in federal grants to bring electric vehicles to low-income rural communities.
PrecisionHawk Collaborates with NRECA to Train UAV Pilots Conducting Electric Grid Inspections
Posted on Jul 19, 2021 in Grid & Infrastructure, Technology | Comments Off on PrecisionHawk Collaborates with NRECA to Train UAV Pilots Conducting Electric Grid Inspections
PrecisionHawk, Inc., a leading provider of actionable intelligence for enterprises’ physical assets, today announced it is collaborating with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) to bring a new wave of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) instruction to electric coops across the United States. The course and skills assessment are designed to increase unmanned aircraft...
NRECA and Other Coops Aid in Rollout of ODIN
Posted on Jul 1, 2021 in Technology | Comments Off on NRECA and Other Coops Aid in Rollout of ODIN
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), along with the National Information Solutions Cooperative and several other coops and public power districts, are supporting development and deployment of the Outage Data Initiative Nationwide system, or ODIN. ODIN, which is now available for deployment and use, provides outage details by county, postal code or geo-position,...
NRECA Concerned Over Increasing Postal Rates
Posted on Jun 11, 2021 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on NRECA Concerned Over Increasing Postal Rates
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) is concerned about postal rate increases well above inflation that will go into effect in August. Rural communities that rely on the postal service are particularly hurt by these rate increases.
Kentucky Coop Solar Project to Power Corvette Factory
Posted on Jun 6, 2021 in Sustainability | Comments Off on Kentucky Coop Solar Project to Power Corvette Factory
Western Rural Electric Cooperative is developing a nearly 145 megawatt solar and storage project that will power a GM Chevy Corvette assembly plant. The project is a part of TVA’s Green Invest Initiative and will assist GM in achieving its goal of going carbon-neutral by 2040.
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