WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced today Kentucky received $13,745,001 to support low-income households with home energy costs impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. These federal funds, distributed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, were made available by the Coronavirus…
Have you been a little stir-crazy? Have you been missing friends and family? How has school been going at home with your kids? I have been struggling with the essential lockdown of our country. This is the time of year when I generally travel around…
February started simply enough with electric co-op employees across Kentucky following the early advice of public health experts to increase handwashing and decrease physical contact with others. As COVID-19 pandemic concerns intensified in March, cooperatives responded with characteristic discipline, setting into motion procedures and policies…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 1, 2020): In response to the COVID-19 emergency, Community Action Agencies across Kentucky are now taking applications for an added spring open enrollment period for Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Applications will be accepted through June 30, 2020, or until designated funds…
COVID-19 is projected to cost electric cooperatives $10 billion in load loss and unpaid bills through 2022, new research by NRECA finds. Economic disruptions related to the pandemic will drive electric co-op sales down by 6.1% in 2020, 6% in 2021, and 3% in 2022, for an…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (April 23, 2020) – Electric cooperatives across Kentucky are reporting a surge in scammers attempting to exploit Kentuckians amidst the COVID-19 crisis. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began its spread, consumer-members in at least six electric cooperative service areas across Kentucky have reported receiving…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (April 21, 2020) – On a Tuesday morning conference call, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) briefed leaders of Kentucky’s electric cooperatives on the progress of coronavirus relief measures, and listened to co-op concerns about the impacts of the pandemic on local…
Coronavirus changes co-op plans (March 27, 2020) - With the Frankfort Youth Tour of Kentucky’s electric cooperatives postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic, elected leaders are making sure that the 150 high school juniors selected for the leadership program are still receiving a virtual dose of…
We’re in the middle of the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic now, but when the crisis has passed, I hope we can look back at this disaster to recognize its irony. I hope we can say that a virus that forced us to stay away…
Faced with a national public health emergency and heightened concerns among members about the spread of the coronavirus, electric cooperatives are taking steps to deal with pandemic contingencies. “We have closed our offices and are maintaining all administrative services with employees who are teleworking from…
