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Rural electric cooperatives are not-for-profit utilities that are owned by their customers, or members. We like to call them member-owners!
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. . Locating that compressor station right in the midst of the community. I guess they were anticipating nobody speaking up. And lo and behold came Friends of Buckingham. ”
–Ella Rose from Union Hill, Virginia on the defeat of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
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Southeast Regional Scorecard release will grade rural electric cooperatives on democratic governance, clean energy policy and more
Organizations from seven Southeastern states assessed electric co-ops to give members the information they need to improve their utilities FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 11, 2022 CONTACT Dan Radmacher, (540) 798-6683, dan@appvoices.org Tom Llewellyn, (925)...
Electric Co-op Action Page
As a co-op member-owner, you have a right to help manage your utility. This means that you have the right to help determine where your co-op gets its energy from, how much your electric rates are, and what path your co-op takes to modernize and adopt cheaper and...
Tennessee Valley People’s Power Training
Register for the Training Here The Tennessee Valley People’s Power Training will equip community leaders in the TVA footprint with the knowledge, skills and support necessary to organize campaigns for more clean energy, energy efficiency, democratic decision making,...
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