A publication of the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives

Storm Warriors

Storm Warriors

On Thursday, Sept. 26, Hurricane Helene, a Category 4 storm, made landfall near Perry, Fla. Its 140 mph winds and resulting storm surges caused power outages, flooding, property destruction and loss of life as it made its way through Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee and into Southwest Virginia.

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A Unique Approach to Business and Pumpkins

A Unique Approach to Business and Pumpkins

October 2024 October is National Cooperative Month and we get to recognize the many contributions that cooperatives make all around the country. Along with the electric cooperatives we represent, there are over 30,000 businesses that use the cooperative business...

Keeping a Buff Brain

Keeping a Buff Brain

June Super Sleuth – The bird world has many extremes, especially when it comes to size.

NRECA President Has Faith in Co-op Future

NRECA President Has Faith in Co-op Future

September 2024 by Molly Christian, NRECA GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Electric cooperatives face swiftly rising demand, a tough regulatory environment and a quickly evolving grid. But they are up for whatever comes their way, NRECA President Tony Anderson said Sept. 5 at the...

JMU Professor Links Pollution, Lightning

JMU Professor Links Pollution, Lightning

September 2024 by Charlie Paullin, Virginia Mercury James Madison University professor Mace Bentley had a friend living on the Eastside of Atlanta who noticed his VCRs and TVs going on the fritz after several lightning strikes during thunderstorms that would move west...