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Powerful Careers: Co-ops at Virginia FFA Convention
In late June, hundreds of students, parents and teachers gathered at the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg for the annual Virginia FFA State Convention. New this year was the Career and Opportunity Expo, during which students visited with potential future...
In Memoriam: Cooperative Family Members
We have lost several members of our cooperative family in recent weeks. Please keep them and their families in your thoughts and prayers. Chuck Harmon was the brother of Steve Harmon, president and CEO of Community Electric Cooperative. He died June 16 at...
REC Recognized as United Way ‘All-Star’ Supporter
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative was one of seven businesses to receive an “All-Star” award for their 2021 workplace campaign from the Rappahannock United Way. For the 2021 REC Workplace Campaign, between payroll deductions and special prize drawings,...
Storms Have Line Crews Working Overtime
High winds and heavy rains struck Virginia on June 22, putting at least 20,000 cooperative members out of power. With the help of mutual aid crews, most power was restored quickly, though the nature of the scattered outages left some without electricity for...
DEC Adds Utility-Scale Solar Farm
A new utility-scale solar farm near Hartly is now powering hundreds of homes served by Delaware Electric Cooperative. The solar farm was energized in late May and is generating enough clean energy to power 260 homes in Kent County. The project was built by...
Students Learn About Co-ops on Youth Tour
About two dozen high school-age students from Virginia, Maryland and Delaware participated in the 2022 Youth Tour, sponsored by the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives. With lingering issues related to the pandemic and...
CVEC Discusses Successes at 85th Annual Meeting
Central Virginia Electric Cooperative held its 85th annual meeting on June 22. Board Chair Kinckle Robinson called the meeting to order at Nelson County High School, while Bruce Maurhoff, CVEC’s chief operating officer, delivered the invocation. Robinson...
Craig-Botetourt Holds In-Person 2022 Annual Meeting
Craig-Botetourt Electric Cooperative held its annual meeting in person on June 4 with approximately 40 members in attendance. CEO Jeff Ahearn informed everyone that CBEC’s new Ironto substation and related advanced metering infrastructure pilot project have...
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative Holds Scaled-Down Annual Meeting
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative held a business-only 84th annual meeting on June 15, electing directors and conducting official cooperative business. There were no food, drink or door prizes this year since there were still pandemic concerns at the time of...
VMD Training Center Gets Connected at N.C. Meter School
For the past 90 years, the North Carolina Electric Meter School and Conference has attracted meter personnel from the electric utility industry to present information on common problems, standard practices, procedures and new technologies. VMD Association...
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