Kentucky’s electric cooperatives heed Governor’s caution amid COVID-19 concerns Frankfort, Ky. – Kentucky Electric Cooperatives Frankfort Youth Tour which annually sends 150 high school juniors from across Kentucky to the state capitol has been indefinitely postponed out of public health concerns amid COVID-19. “The safety…
My memory is strong of my dad and I throwing a ball back and forth in the front yard. I would try to throw a curve ball and invariably it would bounce in the dirt and hit him in the chin. My team was the…
WINCHESTER, Ky.— Denise Foster has joined East Kentucky Power Cooperative as Vice President of Federal and RTO Regulatory Affairs. “Denise’s knowledge, experience and relationships are a tremendous addition to EKPC’s team as we strive to provide reliable, affordable, sustainable energy to our 16 owner-member cooperatives,” said…
Warren Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation and the Tennessee Valley Authority presented two $5000 STEM Grants this week to Drakes Creek Middle School and South Warren High School. Congrats! STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) Grants is a discretionary grant program designed to increase the number of low-income students who are…
Rural Electric Magazine announced their February photo contest theme is “Co-op Electric Vehicles.” The magazine is requesting photo submissions of how your co-op demonstrates and promotes EVs to your members. Submissions and voting will be open until February 28. You can see entries that Rural…
Congratulations to North Laurel Middle School Youth Service Center who was recently awarded a $1,000 grant from Jackson Energy’s Operation RoundUP Fund. The North Laurel Middle YSC provides key necessities (such as food, clothing, school supplies and medical assistance) to their students that may need…
Who receives the most by participating in the Honor Flight program? Is it the veterans who get to visit the war memorials in Washington, D.C., at no cost to them, or is it the volunteers who help make the trip possible? Joe Garland, a Jackson…
Shortly after midnight on Dec. 17, congressional leaders met behind closed doors at the U.S. Capitol to negotiate a last-minute budget deal that would prevent a government shutdown. What became clear by sunrise was that the deal also included the RURAL Act, a simple one-page bill…
SKRECC CEO Ken Simmons spoke to the Somerset/Pulaski Co Chamber of Commerce today about the co-op, the importance of community involvement and the co-op's People Fund (round-up program that awards grants to organizations in our communities). Chamber President and East KY Power Regional Production Manager…
