Rural Electric Cooperatives Archives - Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/tag/rural-electric-cooperatives/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:12:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://prairierivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-new-PRN-favicon-32x32.png Rural Electric Cooperatives Archives - Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/tag/rural-electric-cooperatives/ 32 32 114651131 Prairie Rivers Network Releases 2025 Illinois Rural Electric Co-op Scorecard https://prairierivers.org/uncategorized/2025/12/prairie-rivers-network-releases-2025-illinois-rural-electric-co-op-scorecard/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 20:16:20 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=47947 December 3, 2025 | Press Release
Prairie Rivers Network has launched the 2025 Illinois Rural Electric Cooperative Scorecard, ranking Illinois rural electric cooperatives on 16 metrics.

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]]> 47947 Energy Democracy in Action: Inside a Rural Co-op Election https://prairierivers.org/front-page/2025/09/energy-democracy-in-action-inside-a-rural-co-op-election/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:00:10 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=47719 September 4, 2025 | Blog Post
Voting for the board of your local electric cooperative is a social affair, where voting is performed in-person at the co-op’s annual meeting...

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]]> 47719 Act Now to support a renewable energy future for all of Illinois! https://prairierivers.org/action-items/2025/03/act-now-to-support-a-renewable-energy-future-for-all-of-illinois/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:05:56 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=47269 March 4, 2025 | Action Alert Take action and ask your state legislators to  cosponsor the Municipal and Cooperative Electric Utility Planning and Transparency Act and the Solar Bill of Rights.

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]]> 47269 As Department of Energy ERA Funding Re-Opens, Adams Electric Cooperative Celebrates Current Success https://prairierivers.org/articles/2024/12/as-department-of-energy-era-funding-re-opens-adams-rural-electric-cooperative-celebrates-current-success/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 19:57:11 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=47055 December 6, 2024 | Blog post
Adams Electric’s ambitious project involves the construction of a 1 MW wind turbine and a 1 MW solar array...

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]]> 47055 Tell your State Senator to support a renewable energy future for all Illinoisans! https://prairierivers.org/action-items/2024/04/tell-your-state-senator-to-support-a-renewable-energy-future-for-all-illinoisans/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:50:00 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=46223 April 25, 2024 | Action Alert
Take action and tell your State Senators to support the Municipal and Cooperative Electric Utility Planning and Transparency Act and Solar Bill of Rights that are included in Senate Bill 3637...

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