Several Virginia electric cooperatives were recognized Jan. 24 for their outstanding achievements in supporting ACRE, the Action Committee for Rural Electrification, which is the arm of cooperatives that advocates for policies and candidates at a federal level to...
Youth Tour participants gather before meeting with state legislators.
About two dozen high school-age students from Virginia, Maryland and Delaware participated in the 2022 Youth Tour, sponsored by the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives. With lingering issues related to the pandemic and accommodations...
Storms ripped trees from the ground in Warrenton. (Photo Courtesy: REC)
High winds and heavy rains struck Virginia on June 22, putting at least 20,000 cooperative members out of power. With the help of mutual aid crews, most power was restored quickly, though the nature of the scattered outages left some without electricity for a day or...
We have lost several members of our cooperative family in recent weeks. Please keep them and their families in your thoughts and prayers. Chuck Harmon was the brother of Steve Harmon, president and CEO of Community Electric Cooperative. He died June 16 at his home in...
VMD Association cooperatives were again top performers in the annual Spotlight on Excellence competition for outstanding performance in communications and public relations. Co-ops won 10 awards ranging from social media and video to writing. The awards were...
