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...
With the American flag softly waving against a curtain backdrop, Hunter R. Greenlaw Jr., chairman of the NNEC board of directors, greeted in-person attendees, as well as the virtual audience. “Our employees are a force of 56 people,” he said. “When you have over 2,100...
Members and guests were welcomed by BARC Board President,Keith Swisher and BARC CEO Mike Keyser. Swisher noted the theme of the past year was overcoming challenges, both financial and operational, for the co-op. During a global health pandemic, the cooperative...
For more than 50 years, teens from rural America have traveled to Washington, D.C., each summer for the “trip of a lifetime,” thanks to their local electric cooperatives. No thanks to a global pandemic, the Electric Cooperative Youth Tour was canceled in both 2020 and...
More than 80 leaders from electric cooperatives and the broadband industry met in Virginia Beach July 27-28 to address broadband service, particularly in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. The newly formed Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Broadband...
Hanover County, Va., has announced the “Connect Hanover” initiative to make broadband services available to residents living in unserved areas of the county with the help of Rappahannock Electric Cooperative. County Administrator John A. Budesky announced that after a...