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BARC Electric Names Bill Buchanan as New CEO
BARC Electric Cooperative’s board of directors has announced that Bill Buchanan has been named chief executive officer of the cooperative. Buchanan replaces Michael Keyser, who departed the co-op in December 2021 after 11 years of service, BARC said in...
VMD Cooperatives Honored with Spotlight on Excellence Awards
VMD Association cooperatives were again top performers in the annual Spotlight on Excellence competition for outstanding performance in communications and public relations. Co-ops won 10 awards ranging from social media and video to writing. The awards...
SEC’s YouthTECH Earns National Honor
An in-depth look at one of our Spotlight winners Southside Electric Cooperative’s YouthTECH event that provided laptop computers to a dozen students earned a silver award for Best Event in the 2022 Spotlight on Excellence Awards program sponsored by the...
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative Welcomes New IT Leaders
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative’s Information Technology & Cybersecurity department continues to take steps to keep its network as secure as possible. Doug King has been named as the Cooperative’s Director – Cyber & Information Security Officer....
Co-op Directors Attend Training at Virginia Beach
Cooperative directors gathered in Virginia Beach April 14-15 for valuable training at the annual Spring RoundUp hosted by the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives. The interactive two-day event included roundtable...
Schleicher Begins Tenure as NOVEC President and CEO
The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative Board of Directors announced that David E. Schleicher became president and CEO of the organization on April 2. Board Chairman Wade C. House said, “The board is confident Dave will provide the vision, expertise and...
Thank a Lineworker Day Coming Up Soon
Ideally, we should appreciate our lineworkers every day for the way they toil in darkness, in rain, in ice and in all kinds of unsavory conditions to keep the lights on. But the special National Lineworker Appreciation Day is coming up, and that’s reason to...
Gains Seen for Cooperatives on Capitol Hill
On March 10, Congress passed legislation to fund the government through the remainder of fiscal 2022. In the bill, co-op programs received level or slightly increased funding. In particular, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Cooperative Development...
Empower Broadband Expands Services
Empower Broadband’s high-speed expansion to Bracey’s Americamps, River Ridge and Tanglewood locations in Virginia took a massive leap forward as company officials announced that delayed equipment is finally en route. The scheduling of in-home installations...
VICE Scholarship Winners Announced
Cold weather couldn’t break the spirits of 32 students who traveled to Graves Mountain Lodge on March 25-26 for the Virginia Institute on Cooperative Education, better known as VICE. After learning about their personality types, students participated in a...
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