Brenley Hackett of Appomattox is the recipient of the first Roberta Harlowe Scholarship award. The 2022 graduate of Cornerstone Christian Academy received the $2,000 award from Harlowe, a Central Virginia Electric Cooperative director, at a May 18 ceremony in...
Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and Global EEE, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit, partnered to organize a showcase of student-made electric vehicles on May 21. Using kits provided by Global EEE, which stands for Education, Energy...
Having a sense of adventure might not immediately come to mind as an attribute one should have working for an electric utility. But it’s a pretty good one if you aren’t tasked with touching thousands of volts of electricity, and that’s the case for Emily Reitz, a...
As lead instructor for Southside Virginia Community College’s Power Line Worker Program, he has helped guide more than 375 students on the path to successful “powerful careers.” The SVCC Power Line Worker Program was the first of its kind in Virginia. The program was...
More than 160 lineworkers gathered May 13-14 in Doswell, Va., for the Gaff-n-Go Lineworker Rodeo, which returned after two years of pandemic-related cancellations. Coordinated by the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives, the Gaff-n-Go...
High school students in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware benefit from scholarships provided by electric cooperatives. The Education Scholarship Foundation of the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives announced that it has awarded more...
An impressive turnout and three reelected directors were among the highlights of Choptank Electric Cooperative’s 84th annual meeting, held April 28 at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center in Salisbury, Md. After the pandemic affected the 2020 and 2021 annual meetings,...
