by Steven Johnson, Staff Writer | Oct 22, 2021 | Co-op News, Connections
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...
by Staff Reports | Oct 11, 2021 | Co-op News, Connections
Delaware Electric Cooperative lineworker Sheron Sturgis was honored recently by the Sussex County EMS and Volunteer Ambulance Association for saving a driver’s life in 2020. Sturgis was recognized during an EMS awards ceremony in Georgetown, Del. The event is held...
by Staff Reports | Sep 27, 2021 | Co-op News, Connections, Connections Archive
With the help of Firefly Fiber Broadband. Powhatan County continues to make strong progress toward extending high-speed internet coverage to all its residents and businesses. On Sept. 14, U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, Virginia state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, and Virginia...
by Staff Reports | Sep 27, 2021 | Co-op News, Connections, Connections Archive
In honor of Patriot Day, Sept. 11, 2021, Northern Neck Electric Cooperative donated a piece of critical IT equipment to Upper Lancaster Volunteer Fire Department. A member of the NNEC IT team, Ryan Barrack, who also volunteers at the department, installed the device...
by Steven Johnson, Staff Writer | Sep 23, 2021 | Co-op News, Featured Connections, PC Featured News, Press Releases
With the help of instructor J.T. Jacobs, Shanoa Wright of Louisa County High School operates a hot stick at the Girl Power Camp. (Photo By: Jim Robertson) Eleven high school girls got a taste of what it’s like to be an electric utility lineworker at the first Girl...
by Steven Johnson, Staff Writer | Sep 13, 2021 | Co-op News, Featured Connections
The event, at the Gaylord National Resource & Convention Center on the banks of the Potomac River in Oxon Hill, Md., brought together about 300 co-op leaders and another 150 online from 15 states in the East and Midwest, organizers said. The regional is a milepost...
