The Disaster Tax
This past summer seven Wisconsin electric cooperatives were hit by storms that interrupted electric service…
Browsing: Co-op Difference
It helps to be trusted
These days, trust is a commodity in short supply. Not only trust in government but…
Cooperation Among Continents
The Sixth Cooperative Principle—Cooperation Among Cooperatives—is something we speak of often. Cooperation spanning different continents…
Fortunate for so many reasons
With the changing seasons and fall upon us, we’re harvesting the last garden vegetables and…
A Stormy Conversation
Since the peak storm season began this spring, damaging weather has affected many parts of…
Co-ops and the Federal Budget
As a new federal budget works its way through Congress, your statewide electric co-op association…
Haste, Wasted
Those who have spent time around legislative institutions know that when a proposal is moving…
Cooperators lobby in D.C.
At the end of April more than 2,000 electric cooperative members from across the country—including…
Expanding Pollinator Habitat
My column in the July 2016 edition of Wisconsin Energy Cooperative News described how the Wisconsin…
Back to the Future
While it’s always to be hoped that the potential consequences—intended or unintended—of any legislative action…