Communicators from 14 electric cooperatives met Nov. 17-19 at the Electric Cooperative Training Center in Palmyra, Va. for the first VMD Association Communicator Workshop in several years. The event featured a variety of speakers, roundtables and presentations on...
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative was awarded Large Business of the Year at the Culpeper Chamber of Commerce’s 107th Annual Meetings & Awards Banquet on Nov. 4. “REC is such a rewarding place to work because our mission goes beyond just keeping your lights on,”...
Lancaster County Schools administrator Mary Catherine Jones has joined Northern Neck Electric Cooperative’s board of directors. Jones was appointed to the board in November to serve members who live in Northumberland County. NNEC Board Chairman Hunter Greenlaw Jr....
To shape its response to increasing consumer expectations, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative recently selected Tracey Steiner as Chief Engagement and Consumer Officer. She will succeed David Koogler, Senior Vice President of Member Service and External Affairs, who...
Southside Electric Cooperative held a successful business-only annual membership meeting Sept. 25 in Crewe, with updates for the members and the announcement of results of the board of directors election. Representing District I members in Appomattox, Bedford,...
Three years ago, Firefly Fiber Broadband started with five customers connected, and none of them had paid a bill yet. Now, Firefly, Central Virginia Electric Cooperative’s internet subsidiary, has crossed the 10,000-customer mark and it’s nowhere near finishing the...
With the support and partnership of Choptank Electric Cooperative, the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives has announced the start of its apprentice lineworker training program on the Delmarva Peninsula.v The eight-stage program is...
When the Electric Cooperative Training Center opened in 2019 in Palmyra, Va., it was envisioned as more than just a place for lineworkers, technicians, system operators and substation operators to stay on top of their games. The expectation was that the center would...
Eleven area organizations will benefit from the generosity of Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative members by receiving an Operation Round Up grant this fall. The grant committee met on Oct. 13 to review applications for the cooperative’s charitable giving program....
Mitch DeJarnette remembers as a boy riding along with his dad, who worked as a contractor clearing rights-of-way for electric cooperatives along the East Coast. That impressed the young man enough to pursue his own career in line work — most importantly, at a...
