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IHI Turbo construction
  • Currents
  • October 2018

Shelby Electric helps secure REDLG monies for local manufacturer

Co-Ops Vote Logo
  • Currents
  • October 2018

What is Co-ops Vote?

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  • Currents
  • October 2018

Top three co-op priorities for the final version of the Farm Bill

Sen. Jason Barickman expresses his appreciation for being selected to receive the IEC Public Service Award from AIEC Board President Dennis Fredrickson.
  • Currents
  • October 2018

Two receive IEC Public Service Award

  • Currents
  • September 2018

Impact of trade fears being seen in rural America

  • Currents
  • September 2018

AIEC Chairman’s Award presented at annual meeting

handwashing
  • Currents
  • September 2018

Rushed handwashing leads to cross-contamination

Flooded farmland
  • Currents
  • September 2018

The power in preparation

On hand for the check presentation were (L-R) EECA Board President Ken Jarrett, Degognia-Fountain Bluff Levee District Board Chair Carl Heins, EECA General Manager Shane Hermetz and EECA Member Services Manager Brooke Guthman.
  • Currents
  • August 2018

Egyptian Electric lands $360,000 REDLG loan

Committment_to_Zero_Contacts
  • Currents
  • August 2018

Commitment to Zero Contacts

Youth to Washington Kids 2018
  • Currents
  • August 2018

Co-op youth return from Washington, D.C.

Pollinator Garden_by solar panels
  • Currents
  • August 2018

Saving pollinators

legislative conference
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USDA REDLG loan awarded to Pana Community Hospital

Prescription medication bottles and pills
  • Currents
  • May 2018

USDA website on opioid crisis and rural areas

The iconic domed top of the United States Capitol Building on a sunny day in Washington DC
  • Currents
  • May 2018

Omnibus budget includes electric co-op funding priorities

NRECA CEO Jim Matheson testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on March 1. (Photo By: NRECA)
  • Currents
  • May 2018

NRECA CEO brings co-op message to Capitol Hill

On hand for the check presentation were (l-r): Doug Wilson, USDA Rural Development Illinois State Director; Josh Shallenberger, president/CEO, Shelby Electric Cooperative; Matt Bevers, president/CEO, First National Bank of Pana; Trina Casner, Pana Community Hospital president/CEO; Congressman Rodney Davis; John Gardner, president/CEO, People’s Bank and Trust, Pana; and Duane Noland, president/CEO, Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives.
  • Currents
  • May 2018

USDA REDLG loan awarded to Pana Community Hospital

5k Solar Array Source Oak Ridge
  • Currents
  • April 2018

Wabash Valley Power Association completes 99MW solar agreement

The two-year renovation of the Illinois Governor’s Mansion is in its final stages and is scheduled to reopen in July.
  • Currents
  • April 2018

Illinois Governor’s Mansion Association announces re-opening date

Kevin O’Brien, Director of the Illinois Kevin O’Brien, Director of the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center at the University of Illinois, explains the ­importance of the center’s work in carbon capture technology.
  • Currents
  • April 2018

U of I recipient of federal funding

Connecting rural areas to the grid
  • Currents
  • April 2018

Broadband a necessity for rural America

Jim Thompson is presented his award by Nancy McDonald.
  • Currents
  • April 2018

Thompson receives leadership award

The iconic domed top of the United States Capitol Building on a sunny day in Washington DC
  • Currents
  • April 2018

Budget deal extends energy tax credits

NRECA CEO Jim Mattheson
  • Currents
  • March 2018

Leading the energy future

Installation of Geothermal Loops
  • Currents
  • March 2018

Geothermal tax credit extended

John “Grizzy” Grzywacz, Professor Emeritus OSHA Training Institute, electrified attendees of the SST Conference with his demonstration of high voltage special effect devices used in vintage horror movies.
  • Currents
  • March 2018

Annual SST Conference held in Decatur

Rainbow between two power lines.
  • Currents
  • March 2018

FERC to deliberate grid resilience

Rural scene - Barn and field with bales of hay
  • Currents
  • March 2018

No happy new year for rural economy

Graphic showing map of United States with heading of Tax Reform placed on the map.
  • Currents
  • March 2018

Tax reform and electric co-ops

Man installing a smoke alarm.
  • Currents
  • February 2018

State Fire Marshall launches “Be Alarmed!” program

Youth to Washington students standing on the steps of the US Capitol building.
  • Currents
  • February 2018

Don’t miss your chance

A main street in a typical midwest small town, complete with U.S. flags.
  • Currents
  • February 2018

Bright spots in rural America’s finances

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