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A $50,000 GeoAlliance grant presented to Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) President Glenn Poshard (center) by Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association Member Services Manager Bryce Cramer and Association of Illinois Electric Cooperative’s Marketing Administrator Nancy McDonald was just one of the 51 grants that helped fund geothermal heat pump heating and ­cooling systems like the one in the Stone Center at SIUC.
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  • June 2014

GeoAlliance grant program now closed

Illinois Director of USDA Rural Development Colleen Callahan (l-r) worked closely with EJ Water’s ­founding board ­member Delbert Mundt and CEO Bill Teichmiller to fund the treatment plant and expansion of the water co-op.
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  • June 2014

Where is the best tasting water in Illinois?

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  • June 2014

The Illinois Renewable Energy Conference is July 16th in Normal

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  • June 2014

Illinois Rivers transmission project receives final approval

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  • June 2014

Fishing for an Asian carp solution

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  • May 2014

Aging infrastructure number one concern for utilities

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  • May 2014

Electric co-ops praise senator’s energy white paper

Community service volunteers included Kevin Bernson, Vice President of Media and Public Relations at Shelby Electric Cooperative (third from left) and Aaron Ridenour, Manager of Marketing & Business Development at Prairie Power, Inc. (on far right).
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  • May 2014

Co-ops show commitment to community

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  • May 2014

Illinois electric co-op named 2013 Wind Cooperative of the Year

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  • May 2014

Overhaul of FEMA disaster funding rules needed for rural areas

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  • May 2014

Co-ops react to grid security concern

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  • April 2014

Shelby Electric Cooperative comes to the rescue of fire department

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  • April 2014

Dairyland Power Cooperative using cow power

Filipinos are trying to regain some semblance of normal life.
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  • April 2014

NRECA raises $120k for typhoon victims

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  • April 2014

A long and winding road to a Farm Bill

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  • April 2014

Cold snap to have lasting effect on power bills

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  • April 2014

U.S. nearing energy independence

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  • April 2014

New energy efficiency standards for external power supplies

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  • April 2014

Honoring the guiding light behind rural electrification

Jo Ann Emerson is President/CEO of the National Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives.
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  • March 2014

Co-ops welcome energy and economic development provisions in new Farm Bill

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  • March 2014

Co-ops support bipartisan climate letter to Obama

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  • March 2014

Electric car sales continue to double

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  • March 2014

EPA to tighten regulations on new wood stoves

Craig Costello (center), a volunteer for the Land of Lincoln Honor Flight, agrees with Will Rogers who said, “We can’t all be heroes. Some of us have to stand on the curb and clap as they go by.”
  • Currents
  • March 2014

Honoring our heroes from the Land of Lincoln

Dairyland Power, a generation and transmission cooperative serving co-ops in Illinois and three other states, ­continues to diversify its power supply options by adding more solar power from facilities like this one in Galena, Ill. The co-op’s energy mix resources include coal, natural gas, hydro, wind, biomass, landfill gas, animal waste and solar.
  • Currents
  • March 2014

Solar added to co-op’s energy supply mix

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  • March 2014

Give your home an energy score

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  • February 2014

Co-ops using new ice index to prepare for outages

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  • February 2014

Final phase-out of incandescent light bulbs starting

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  • February 2014

Mortgage help for struggling Illinois homeowners

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  • February 2014

Illinois reclaims title of top soybean-producing state

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  • February 2014

Energy prices depend on the energy mix

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  • February 2014

Congressman Kinzinger honored for public service

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