During the congressional recess in August, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner visited with Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative’s board members and senior staff to discuss rural broadband deployment. Warner toured one of Mecklenburg’s fiber-splicing trailers that is embossed with...
In August, 40 NOVEC employees, including NOVEC HELPS members, spent a day assisting the House of Mercy Thrift Store and Food Pantry in Manassas and the Western Fairfax Christian Ministries food pantry in Chantilly. At both locations, NOVEC employees assisted with a...
Brian Wolfe, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative’s senior public relations specialist, looked forward to watching his oldest son, Greg, play in a Spotsylvania Little League game 13 years ago. Unfortunately, there was no umpire to make the calls. Wolfe stepped up and...
Thanks in a large part to Prince George Electric Cooperative, Surry County recently became one of the first counties in Virginia to achieve universal broadband access. On Aug. 27, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam spoke in person at the Surry Community Center and, along...
Delaware Electric Cooperative’s 2021 annual meeting was held virtually on Tuesday, August 10th. More than 1,300 members registered to watch the webcast, which provided an update to members on the state of their not-for-profit utility. During the meeting, which was...
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...