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N.C. Electric Cooperatives to Bring Electricity to Rural Bolivia

Volunteers from North Carolina’s electric cooperatives will soon be heading to Bolivia to build power line infrastructure that will bring electricity – for the first time – to a rural Bolivian village. The Brighter World Initiative is being coordinated…

Nov 8

News

Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative Donation Supports Analog Emergency Communications

Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative recently made a $1,000 donation to the Fessenden Amateur Radio Society (named for inventor and 1800s radio pioneer R.A. Fessenden). The donation was met with an additional $1,000 from North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives and will…

Nov 6

Feature

Co-ops Secure Funding for Fire Departments through USDA Loan and Grant Program

Two North Carolina electric cooperatives recently helped fire departments in their service territories attain zero-interest loans through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant (REDLG) program. Piedmont Electric, based in Hillsborough, assisted the North…