A Swedish fertilizer company announced Thursday it plans to locate its first U.S. plant in Christian County, at a site served by Pennyrile Electric. The $109.2 million Cinis Fertilizer production plant is projected to create 65 new full-time jobs. The company plans to construct a…
Mason Lovell, Kentucky's 2024 delegate on NRECA's Youth Leadership Council, speaks to the Pennyrile Board of Directors about the important role electricity has played in his life. Mason participated in the Kentucky Electric Cooperatives 2024 Youth Tour program, touring our state and nations capitol and…
In a letter to President-elect Donald Trump’s transition office, NRECA CEO Jim Matheson outlines high-priority actions the new administration can take to support a pro-energy policy agenda that will help meet skyrocketing U.S. electricity demand, remove regulatory burdens for co-ops, and promote the well-being of rural…
East Kentucky Power Cooperative President and CEO Tony Campbell speaks up for reliable and affordable electricity on the latest edition of Full Measure, an investigative news program broadcast to 43 million households on Sinclair Broadcast Group stations, including ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CW, MyTV, Univision and…
Up to $1.4 billion in grants and subsidized loans East Kentucky Power Cooperative leaders joined Gov. Andy Beshear and USDA Rural Utilities Service Administrator Andy Berke in the Capitol Rotunda on Monday, October 28 to announce that EKPC will be able to access up to…
Lineworkers describe the massive mutual aid effort Three weeks after Hurricane Helene’s devastation triggered the largest mutual aid response in Kentucky electric cooperative history, more than 100 Kentucky lineworkers continue to restore power to sister co-ops in Georgia and North Carolina, with the deployment for…
Once the huge job of restoring power from Hurricane Helene is done, some electric cooperatives in the Southeast face an even more daunting task: completely rebuilding their systems destroyed by the storm’s ferocious winds and flooding rains. “This is not just a matter of power…
With power restored within Kentucky, hundreds of lineworkers and contractors from the commonwealth’s electric cooperatives are now helping sister co-ops in other states ravaged by Hurricane Helene in one of the largest mutual aid deployments in the program’s history. More than 150 co-op personnel from…
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and Jason Todd, Kentucky Electric Cooperatives Boad Chairman, presented the 2024 Beautify the Bluegrass Governor’s Award to the Beattyville Welcome Sign project, a partnership of Jackson Energy Cooperative and community leaders. For the eighth year in a row, the Governor’s office,…
Due to the impact of Hurricane Helene on Kentucky's electric cooperatives, the 2024 Kentucky Lineman’s Rodeo, scheduled for October 3-4, has been canceled. After making landfall in Florida on Thursday, September 26 at 11:25 pm EDT, the storm moved quickly enough to bring hurricane force…
