by Steven Johnson, Staff Writer | Dec 8, 2020 | Co-op News, Press Releases
Fifteen electric cooperative lineworkers who traveled 4,000 miles to bring power for the first time to five small villages in Bolivia have received an official commendation from the Virginia General Assembly. At a Dec. 8 ceremony in Warsaw, Va., Del. Margaret Ransone...
by Gregg MacDonald, Staff Writer | Nov 2, 2020 | Co-op News, Press Releases
Two Virginia electric cooperatives have made the National Cooperative Bank’s 2019 Co-op 100 list, which ranks America’s top 100 cooperatives by revenue. For the past 30 years, the bank has released the annual NCB Co-op 100, highlighting America’s top 100 cooperatives....
by Steven Johnson, Staff Writer | Sep 17, 2020 | Co-op News, Press Releases
Electric cooperatives in Virginia and Maryland today dispatched emergency teams of lineworkers to Alabama to help restore power in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally. Seventy lineworkers from six electric cooperatives are headed to the Gulf Coast, where they will spend...
by Steven Johnson, Staff Writer | Sep 12, 2020 | Co-op News, Press Releases
A member of Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative is the 2020 recipient of the Unsung Virginian Award for his work in promoting safe and affordable housing for individuals with brain diseases. Ted Moriak, director emeritus of loans and grants for The Brain...
by Steven Johnson, Staff Writer | Aug 31, 2020 | Co-op News
As school resumes this fall, electric cooperatives are supplying broadband solutions to help parents, children and families in parts of rural Virginia deal with the challenges of virtual work and virtual learning. Several cooperatives are working diligently to expand...
by Steven Johnson, Staff Writer | Aug 5, 2020 | Co-op News, Press Releases
Crews from electric cooperatives in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware worked diligently to restore power to tens of thousands of co-op members in the wake of Tropical Storm Isaias. Pounding the seaboard with as much as 6 inches of rain and gusts up to 75 mph, the storm...
