by Steven Johnson, Staff Writer | Jul 27, 2020 | Co-op News, Press Releases
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...
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 | Nov 25, 2019 | Co-op News, Press Releases
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...
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.”...
