Family members, supervisors and others gathered on Jan. 27 in celebration of the completion of a four-year apprenticeship by 12 young line technicians representing electric cooperatives and municipal utilities. Graduating from apprentice to journeyman status requires...
S&N Communications crew works on the Firefly Fiber Broadband system.
Thanks to the expertise and support from the Fiber Broadband Association and VMDAEC Associate Member S&N Communications, the first Fiber Technician Apprenticeship Program kicked off this month at the Association Training Center in Palmyra, Va. S&N...
Tracy McBride
Tracy McBride joined Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative as its new vice president of finance and accounting on Jan. 30. McBride brings 20 years of expertise in the financial services industry to SVEC, plus another 10 years of co-op experience. She most recently...
Casey Logan
Following only three short years, Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative, along with its wholly owned subsidiary, EMPOWER Broadband, is pleased to announce it has met its obligation in the Connect America Fund II Auction to fully deploy fiber-to-the-premises in...
Three decades of energy infrastructure investments have paid off for Delaware Electric Cooperative. The not-for-profit utility has announced 2022 was its most reliable year ever. Cooperative members are losing power less often and, when the power does go out, DEC...
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative was recently named a 2022 Best-in-Class Employer by Gallagher for its strong efforts to continuously improve employee and organizational well-being. MEC scored in the top quartile of midsize employers (100-999 full-time...
After almost two months of negotiation and debate, legislators adjourned the 2023 Virginia General Assembly Session on Saturday without a budget. While some business of the Commonwealth is left unfinished, Virginia’s electric cooperatives had resounding victories and...
