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        • Getting comfortable with home energy efficiency
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    • May 2013

      May 2013

      • lectric co-ops across the country have been preaching and teaching energy efficiency for years. Bob Dickey, manager of marketing and economic development for Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative took his “sermon” to congressional staffers on Capitol Hill using the co-op’s energy wall. The 18 foot-long energy wall uses compressed air flowing through the display to demonstrate potential energy losses that could easily be plugged with proper caulking, insulation and various sealants. Co-op officials gave policymakers an opportunity to experience the same energy-efficiency messages more than 300,000 co-op consumer-members in the nation’s heartland have been able to share. “We know we can reduce the energy costs on the vast majority of homes by 20 to 40 percent,” says Dickey. “Many homes were built decades ago and they leak like sieves.” Source: Kevin Bernson Getting comfortable with home...
    • April 2013

      April 2013

      • Red_Barn_april2013_feat Leaving a legacy
    • March 2013

      March 2013

      • Great-Pumpkin-Patch-011 The bounty of the prairie
    • February 2013

      February 2013

      • Shelby Electric Lineman Brian Chevalier explains how to use a hotstick to a Haitian lineman. Building a Better World
    • January 2013

      January 2013

      • broadbandback40 Broadband for the back 40
    • December 2012

      December 2012

      • R.K. Douglas, a pioneer on both the Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative and Southern Illinois Power Cooperative boards and father of Larry Douglas, was among the local and state leaders and dignitaries present for the dedication of Southern Illinois Power Cooperative on Lake of Egypt on August 29, 1965. “I remember when…&...
    • November 2012

      November 2012

      • feature Preserving Our Rural Heritage
    • October 2012

      October 2012

      • Bucket Trucks at sunset Source Dave Behle Dawson Public Power District 2007 Built by the people, for the...
    • September 2012

      September 2012

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    • August 2012

      August 2012

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    • July 2012

      July 2012

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    • June 2012

      June 2012

      • _JAB6099 Fair season ahead
    • May 2012

      May 2012

      • 76800247 Time to remodel?
    • January 2012

      January 2012

      • COVER-SHOT I Am A CEO
    • February 2012

      February 2012

      • 20111106_23 Connecting rural Illinois
    • March 2012

      March 2012

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      April 2012

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