National Rural Electric Cooperative Association CEO Jim Matheson praised House passage of the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 8790), which streamlines and strengthens existing federal processes to allow ...

Environmentalists and the co-ops agree on one thing: $7.3 billion in IRA funding is encouraging utilities’ transition to cleaner sources of energy. When President Joe Biden announced $7.3 billion in ...

This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Eric Eriksen puts in long nights and weekends to keep the lights on in ...

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 ...

CLIMATEWIRE | Billions of dollars for rural electric cooperatives are stuck in limbo as the Department of Agriculture continues the Trump administration’s funding freeze, despite federal court orders.

Broadcast version by Eric Galatas for Colorado News Connection for the Public News Service/Daily Yonder Collaboration In southwest Colorado, a rural electric cooperative is taking a big step towards ...

Electric cooperatives across the Lowcountry invited journalists behind the scenes Friday, Nov 7, for the 2025 Co-op Media Day — a half-day program designed to help reporters better understand how ...

Eric Eriksen puts in long nights and weekends to keep the lights on in southern Colorado. As the CEO of the San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative, Eriksen leads a member-owned nonprofit that ...