Kent D. Farmer, president and CEO of Rappahannock Electric Cooperative, is the recipient of the 2020 Electric Cooperative Leadership Award from the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives. Farmer received the association’s highest award...
Patricia S. Dorey is the new chair of the VMD Association of Electric Cooperatives.
The Board of Directors of the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives has a new leadership team. Serving as chair of the VMDAEC board for 2020-21 is Patricia S. “Pat” Dorey, a retired college administrator and academic counselor who...
While COVID-19 may be receiving the majority of the attention this year, 2020 could easily be called the Year of the Cooperative. For several decades, the nation’s electric co-ops have been faced with and overcome adversity. Our co-ops in Virginia, Maryland and...
Longtime Cooperative Living magazine editor Bill Sherrod, known for his quarter-century of dedication to the electric cooperative community, is the 2020 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric...
In March 2016, the Power Line Worker School in Blackstone opened its doors as part of a novel partnership between Southside Virginia Community College and electric cooperatives. Now, just a few years later, the school has sent more than 250 young men and women into...
