Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative has been named a 2022 Tree Line Utility by the Arbor Day Foundation to recognize its dedication to proper urban forest management in its service area. This is the eighth consecutive year that the cooperative has been awarded this...
On Jan. 17, Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative’s headquarters department reached 17 years and nearly 1.2 million hours without a lost-time accident. The years span two Rockingham County locations, from the previous headquarters in Mount Crawford to a new facility...
Empower Broadband, the wholly owned subsidiary of Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative that is bringing high-speed internet to Southside Virginia, has gotten some national publicity for its efforts. A recent piece from NRECA News described the multiple ways in which the...
After two years of pandemic-related postponements, plans are well underway for the Gaff-n-Go Lineworker Rodeo, to be held May 13-14 at Meadow Event Park in Doswell, Va., near King’s Dominion. Everyone is looking forward to the return of the rodeo, which is one...
Spring RoundUp Director training is coming April 14-15 to Virginia Beach. Day one will have NRECA’s Scott Peterson’s Social Media Strategies session that was postponed from last fall along with a session on Building a Values-Based Cooperative with Adam Schwartz,...
