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 Jim Robertson, Staff Writer | May 29, 2020 | Co-op News
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...
by Steven Johnson, Staff Writer | Apr 23, 2020 | Co-op News, Press Releases
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...
by Steven Johnson, Staff Writer | May 26, 2019 | Co-op News, Press Releases
Ron Campbell knew his lineworker training class wasn’t going exactly as he planned when a snake fell on him from the ceiling. “It was a black snake, but it was still a snake,” Campbell recalls with a shudder. “And it definitely stopped me from doing what I was doing.”...
