LOUISVILLE, Ky — As of noon Saturday, October 8, 111 linemen from 12 Kentucky electric cooperatives are deployed to South Carolina to assist in recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Coordinated by the Safety and Loss Prevention Team of the Kentucky Association of…
Linemen from Kentucky’s Electric Cooperatives are heading south to assist with damage inflicted by Hurricane Matthew. Following requests sent ahead of the storm by co-ops in Florida and South Carolina, nine Kentucky electric co-ops are sending workers to provide manpower and assistance for an area…
A team of three Clark Energy employees outperformed 23 other teams from 15 Kentucky electric cooperatives to capture the first place team award at the 2016 Kentucky Lineman's Rodeo July 29-30. This was the 12th year for the rodeo and Shelby Energy Cooperative hosted at…
Kentucky's Touchstone Energy Cooperatives are sponsoring 43 World War II, Korean and Vietnam war veterans who will travel from Lexington to Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Aug. 27, as part of this year’s Honor Flight—a one-day tour of war memorials erected in their honor in the…
Celebrating its 75th anniversary, member cooperative East Kentucky Power shares a great story on how it began generating and transmitting power to its member distribution cooperatives so they could bring electricity to eastern Kentucky. [embed]https://youtu.be/7s0hb9OkaTQ[/embed]
Farmers RECC and East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) joined the City of Glasgow on August 5, 2016 to celebrate the successful launch of the cooperative’s landfill-gas-to-electric (LFGTE) power plant. The plant, located at the city’s Glasgow Regional Landfill, is fueled by methane gas from the…
Big Rivers Electric Corporation is proud to announce the finalization of a ten-year power supply contract with the Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency (KyMEA). Under the agreement authorized on July 13th, Big Rivers will provide between 75 and 100 megawatts (MW) beginning in June of 2019.…
East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) today filed a request with the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) to construct an 8.5-megawatt solar project in Clark County, Ky. If approved, the cooperative solar installation will be located next to EKPC’s headquarters facilities, adjacent to Interstate 64 and…
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin has appointed Jackson Energy President & CEO Carol Wright to serve on the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. The 16-member board coordinates postsecondary and adult education in the state. The council is composed of 13 citizen members, one student and one…
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) announced that former U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson has been selected to serve as NRECA’s 6th chief executive officer. Matheson will succeed Jo Ann Emerson, who was stricken by a severe illness in August of last year. He will…
