Rural electric cooperatives may be next in line for meaningful disruption from lower-cost, renewable power generation technologies such as wind and solar. The co-operative movement, a creation of ...

The Federal Government, through the Rural Electrification Agency, has unveiled plans to develop Renewable Energy Service Companies that will compete directly with electricity distribution companies ...

America's rural electric cooperatives, the member-owned and -operated entities that bring power to 42 million people and cover more than half the country, will soon get their biggest jolt of federal ...

This story was produced with support from the LOR Foundation. LOR works with people in rural places to improve quality of life. In southwest Colorado, a rural electric cooperative is taking a big step ...

The leaders of 26 rural electric cooperatives signed on to a letter supporting key aspects of an administrative law judge's finding and recommendations in the complaint by the ...

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Rural electric cooperatives may face disruption from cheaper on-site renewables. Co-ops serve about 12% of the U.S. population but operate over 40% of the nation’s power lines. Financial pressure ...

This story was originally published by Canary Media and is republished here with permission. America’s rural electric cooperatives, the member-owned and -operated entities that bring power to 42 ...