Cindy Musick earned a forestry degree and her father was in the electric utility industry. Still, she acknowledges knowing little about electric cooperatives before joining Rappahannock Electric Cooperative. “I have never felt so valued, and listened to, and had the...
Just a few weeks before Christmas, on a mandatory conference call, Ryan Barrack learned that the bank he had worked at for more than a decade was being sold. “What does tomorrow hold for my family?” he thought. Later, as he and his wife pulled into a retail parking...
With the help of instructor J.T. Jacobs, Shanoa Wright of Louisa County High School operates a hot stick at the Girl Power Camp. (Photo By: Jim Robertson) Eleven high school girls got a taste of what it’s like to be an electric utility lineworker at the first Girl...
If you’re looking for a meaningful career, look first at your electric cooperative. That’s because there will be plenty of job openings at co-ops in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and nationally in the next few years. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association...
For Crystal Johnson-Smith, vice president of human resources at Prince George Electric Cooperative, her experience with energy commenced early in her childhood. Johnson-Smith recalls discussions with her father about the vast difference of her family’s energy...
