Electric cooperatives from Virginia, Maryland and Delaware were well represented as the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association held its first post-pandemic annual meeting, March 7-9 in Nashville. Directors and CEOs attended a variety of breakout sessions and...
Just a few weeks before Christmas, on a mandatory conference call, Ryan Barrack learned that the bank he had worked at for more than a decade was being sold. “What does tomorrow hold for my family?” he thought. Later, as he and his wife pulled into a retail parking...
My fingers ached for days. But I suppose that’s what you get when you try to stretch a 10-foot-long, chain-link fence beyond any reasonable bound. Let me back up. On March 5, more than 100 volunteers from electric cooperatives in 25 states participated in the 14th...
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative has named Chris Cosby as senior vice president of power supply. He will formally assume the position on March 2. Rick Beam, currently senior vice president of power supply and chief operating officer, will retire March 1 after more...
The cooperative family was saddened at the recent death of John Short, a member of the board of directors of Powell Valley Electric Cooperative. Dr. Short died Jan. 12 after a short battle with cancer. A graduate of the University of Tennessee medical school, he...
Longtime cooperative advocate Carl R. Widdowson died Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Manokin Manor with his family by his side. Born March 14, 1938, he was the son of the late Neal and Louise Widdowson. He was a 1956 graduate of Washington High School and was a U.S. Army...
Jason Carter joined Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative as its new director of external affairs and communications on Jan. 17. He was most recently an independent consultant, working on issues ranging from the environment to land use and general agriculture. An...
Electric cooperatives were out in force on 2022 Legislative Day, as representatives of co-ops from across Virginia converged on the state capital to advocate for policies that will benefit their members. About 65 cooperative directors, managers and key staffers worked...
Seven new utility-scale solar projects will begin providing clean energy to Delaware Electric Cooperative members during the next three years. “The construction of the new solar facilities will allow the co-op to continue to provide clean power to our members, while...
Few projects have been more successful than the Power Line Worker Training School at Southside Virginia Community College, developed through the members of the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives. The program is helping...
