In late July, the board of directors of Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, one of the nation’s largest and most successful generation-and-transmission cooperatives, elected new officers at its annual meeting held in Leesburg, Va. ODEC is owned by and provides...
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Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative’s charitable-giving program, Operation Round Up, will support 14 area nonprofits and community-based efforts with the latest set of grants. A selection committee, composed of co-op members and one employee, awarded $27,500...
In June, 36 students followed an electric cooperative tradition of more than 60 years and traveled to the nation’s capital for a week of education, entertainment and engagement with teens from across the U.S. After two years of alternate locations, VMDAEC staff were...
Photo by Jim Robertson, VMDAEC.
More than 200 compete at annual lineworker rodeo in Virginia Journeyman teams and individual apprentices from electric cooperatives, investor-owned and municipal utilities, contractors and the U.S. Army demonstrated their skills and knowledge while competing for...
William Monroe High School, the Dragons, won for best design with its dragon-themed car.
Sixteen high school teams sped around Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative’s property on May 13 in the second annual Shenandoah Valley Electric Vehicle Grand Prix. A soapbox derby for electric vehicles, the grand prix measures how many laps a car can make in an...
