The New Year began in a difficult way, as cooperative lineworkers braved wintry, windy conditions for more than a week to restore power following the devastating effects of Winter Storm Frida. More than 155,000 co-op members were in the dark after Frida lashed the...
As of 9 a.m. on Jan. 6, the 13 electric cooperatives in Virginia had restored power to approximately 103,000 member accounts, down from the peak of more than 155,000. Substantial progress was made overnight with the restoration of a power delivery point in Greene...
As of 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 5, the 13 electric cooperatives in Virginia had restored power to approximately 71,000 member accounts, down from the peak of more than 155,000. Nine of the cooperatives reported only scattered outages remain with a few members out of power....
Crews from electric cooperatives in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware joined more than 100 cooperative lineworkers from four states to restore power to tens of thousands of members affected by a powerful winter storm. Winter storm Frida started overnight on Jan. 2 and...
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...