14th Annual Silent Auction to be held August 1

July 9th, 2013

The Thomas H. Moore IEC Memorial Scholarship program 14th annual auction with be held on the evening on August 1, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. This year’s auction will include items such as an Oliver F. Winchester Commemorative Model 1894 Grade Repeating Rifle. There are more than 40 items on which ...Read More

2013 NRECA Regional Meetings

July 9th, 2013

The 2013 Regional Meeting is your Opportunity Make Co-op Nation Strong and Proud As a co-op leader we are counting on you to bring our cooperative principles to life for the 42 million consumers we serve across our great country.  Uphold democratic governance, guide thoughtful and visionary decisions, set the ...Read More

Students return from cooperative sponsored trip to Washington DC

June 28th, 2013

Sixty-five Illinois students recently returned from the annual "Youth to Washington" Tour, held June 14-21.This event, sponsored by the electric and telephone cooperatives of Illinois since the late 1950s, is an introduction to our democratic form of government and cooperatives for rural youth. The students met with their Congressional representatives ...Read More

VanHoose appointed to Illinois Broadband Deployment Council

June 26th, 2013

In June, Governor Pat Quinn appointed the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperative’s Ed VanHoose to the state of Illinois’ Broadband Deployment Council (BDC). Because access to the modern information economy is crucial for every community, the Council exists to improve access to broadband networks not just for residential consumers, but ...Read More

Corn Belt returns $7.5 million to co-op members at 75th annual meeting

June 26th, 2013

Corn Belt Energy officially announced the retirement of $7.5 million in capital credits to cooperative member-owners, the largest single retirement in the co-op’s 75 year history. Chairman of the Board Rae Payne made the announcement during the co-op’s 75th annual meeting at Central Catholic High School in Bloomington on Friday, ...Read More

Menard Electric Cooperative 76th annual meeting held

June 26th, 2013

More than 300 Menard Electric Cooperative members registered for the 76th Annual Meeting of Members held Saturday, June 1, at PORTA High School. Members and their families enjoyed comedian Rik Roberts as well as a pork chop dinner, the Prairie Power Energy Wall, bucket truck rides, face painting and balloon ...Read More

RECC held 76th Annual Meeting

June 25th, 2013

Members of Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative (RECC) gathered Thursday, June 13 at Glenwood Elementary School in Chatham for their 76th annual meeting. Members and guests enjoyed a pork chop dinner and had the opportunity to visit with local vendors prior to the start of the business meeting. Vice Chairman Chris ...Read More

Shelby Electric presented with House Resolution 397 on 75 years of service to members

June 21st, 2013

Shelby Electric Cooperative held its 75th annual member meeting Friday, June 14 at the Shelby County 4-H Fairgrounds, Shelbyville, where members were served a pork chop lunch, heard reports and elected members to the board of directors. Members also heard from State Senator Chapin Rose as he presented House Resolution ...Read More

Jo-Carroll Energy area hit by tornado

June 14th, 2013

A tornado north of Savanna caused a tree to make contact with a 161 KV line, resulting in a transmission outage affecting more than 2,400 Jo-Carroll Energy members Wednesday night, June 12. Multiple rounds of storms hampered restoration efforts. Storms capable of producing tornados swept across Jo Daviess, Carroll and ...Read More

Illinois Rural Electric Cooperative held 77th annual meeting

June 13th, 2013

  Members of Illinois Rural Electric Cooperative moved their annual meeting from Scott County Fairgrounds to the Winchester Grade School to hold their 77th annual meeting on Saturday, June 8.  General Manager Bruce Giffin in his report said, “We think 2012 was a pretty good year. For the long term ...Read More