Building a better community, the cooperative way!
October is National Cooperative Month. So, just what is a cooperative, anyway? A cooperative is…
Browsing: The Cooperative Difference
Protecting the grid
Here’s some bad news: today, electric utilities are on the front lines of international…
A few thoughts about summer
It’s summer and it’s hot. When it’s hot like this, I always remember my…
The answer is ‘blowin’ in the wind’
Bob Dylan wrote the song “Blowin’ in the Wind” in 1962. It was a…
Washington’s ‘gap year’
In early May, a delegation of Arkansas’ electric cooperative leaders traveled to Washington, D.C.,…
Out of the past Co-ops provide power for the future, here and abroad
“There is no difference between time and any of the three dimensions of space except…
Have you hugged your lineman today?
Who would work 16-hour days, outdoors in the worst of weather, braving wind, rain, snow…
Don’t lose your voice
The University of Arkansas reports, in its 2015 “Rural Profile of Arkansas,” that rural counties…
Learning to listen
“How could you possibly think such a thing?” Raising four children there were many times…
Seeing around the corners (aka the Arkansas 2016 Energy Forecast)
As a kid, I had a kind of spyglass with mirrors inside that allowed me…