Craig-Botetourt Electric Cooperative held its annual meeting in person on June 4 with approximately 40 members in attendance. CEO Jeff Ahearn informed everyone that CBEC’s new Ironto substation and related advanced metering infrastructure pilot project have helped to...
High school students in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware benefit from scholarships provided by electric cooperatives. The Education Scholarship Foundation of the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives announced that it has awarded more...
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...
Electric cooperatives are a huge part of a record amount of broadband grants and financing as they continue to make headway into closing the digital divide in Virginia. The cooperatives and their wholly-owned subsidiaries account, in various forms, for some $250...
More than 45 years. That’s how long it’s been since Craig-Botetourt Electric Cooperative added a substation to its system. The co-op’s last substation was constructed in 1976. October 15 became a monumental day for the New Castle, Va.-based co-op. Several community...
