Mayo selected Youth Leadership Council representative

June 17th, 2019

Kally Mayo, representing Egyptian Electric Cooperative, has been selected to represent Illinois on the Youth Leadership Council for 2019-2020. Kally was selected by her peers for the position. Congratulations Kally!

Shelby Electric holds 81st annual meeting

June 11th, 2019

Shelby Electric Cooperative (SEC) member-consumers enjoyed a porkchop lunch and a variety of activities for young and old alike at their 81st Annual Meeting of Members held at the Shelby County 4-H Fairgrounds on June 7, 2019. Prior to the business meeting, the crowd was entertained by The Hood Family ...Read More

CPR/AED training

June 5th, 2019

June is National Safety Month and this year's theme is “Don’t Let a Friend or Co-Worker Become a Statistic!” This week Safety Instructor Matt Eisenmenger trained AIEC employees how to give CPR and use an AED on adults and infants.

2019 NRECA Legislative Conference

May 2nd, 2019

This week 50 electric cooperative leaders from Illinois joined nearly 2,000 co-op representatives from other states at NRECA’s Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. to discuss priority policy issues important to electric cooperatives and their members.  At the conference, they heard remarks from Neil Chatterjee, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory ...Read More

Spring 2019 Member Services/Marketing meeting

May 1st, 2019

The Spring Member Services/Marketing meeting was held April 25-26 at the AIEC. Attendees were updated on the current political climate and power supply and renewables, received customer service training, learned about young adult member engagement, enjoyed ample roundtable discussions and much more.

Eisenmenger earns CLCP

April 12th, 2019

Matt Eisenmenger, AIEC safety instructor, recently completed the requirements to become a credentialed Certified Loss Control Professional (CLCP). The CLCP credential serves as a benchmark of competency and commitment to safety in the industry. The CLCP program is a series of four, one-week seminars designed to give attendees the knowledge ...Read More

M.J.M. Electric Cooperative celebrated the organization’s 80th annual meeting

March 26th, 2019

Members of M.J.M. Electric Cooperative celebrated the organization's 80th annual meeting at Carlinville High School, Saturday, March 23. During the meeting, members were updated on rate changes, member satisfaction survey results, progress of the future headquarters building, service upgrades and the co-op's commitment to the community. President/CEO Laura Cutler addressed ...Read More

Federated presents loss control contribution check

March 26th, 2019

During the March 21 board meeting for the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives (AIEC), Phil Irwin, president/CEO of Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange, presented a loss control contribution check in the amount of $143,611 to the AIEC to help offset safety department expenses. Photographed from left: Kevin Brannan, vice chairman ...Read More

2019 Electric Cooperative Lobby Day

March 21st, 2019

Ninety Illinois electric cooperative directors, managers and staff visited the Illinois State Capitol on Wednesday, March 20 to fly the co-op flag and build important relationships with their local legislators. They spoke with state senators and representatives whose districts include their co-op territory regarding issues of importance to our cooperative ...Read More

Warren Goetsch accepts national award

March 13th, 2019

Menard Electric Cooperative Director and AIEC Board President Warren Goetsch accepts national award from NRECA CEO Jim Matheson for the state with the most ACRE Vice President’s Club members.