The cooperative’s 83rd annual meeting was held virtually and streamed on Facebook Live because of ongoing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. “This year’s annual meeting, much like last year’s, has been modified,” Board Chair Jeannette S. Everett said as she...
SVEC’s board and select staff gathered at the headquarters in Rockingham County, Va., for the telephone town-hall-style event. More than 100 members registered to receive a call to participate. The cooperative met its quorum requirements for the business meeting...
Firefly Fiber Broadband, a wholly owned subsidiary of Central Virginia Electric Cooperative, has received $14.1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Reconnect Program. The long-awaited announcement was made Aug. 11 by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack....
In addition to seeing familiar faces and shaking hands, co-op leaders got down to serious business at the Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel. The board of directors selected a new leadership team, while participants heard from a variety of motivational and...
Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe gets a taste of lineworker life.
On Monday, Aug. 2, former governor and gubernatorial hopeful Terry McAuliffe spent the day visiting Virginia’s electric cooperatives. McAuliffe’s first stop was a visit to the Electric Cooperative Training Center in Palmyra for a roundtable discussion with...
