SAFETY Throwback

Ken Brubaker, estimated 1995, while serving as Butler Rural Electric's Safety Manager

In this issue’s Safety Throwback, we are taking a look back at KEN BRUBAKER.

Brown, Cruz Introduce New Legislation to Protect American Energy Independence, Boost Transformer Supply Chain

U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced new legislation, The Distribution Transformer Efficiency & Supply Chain Reliability Act of 2024 to protect American energy independence and boost supply chains for transformers.

Washington D.C.- U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced new legislation – The Distribution Transformer Efficiency & Supply Chain Reliability Act of 2024 - to boost the U.S.

Senator Sherrod Brown Joins Ohio Electric Cooperatives to Push Back Against Administration Proposal That Could Raise Electric Bills for Ohioans in Rural Communities

Capitol Building

January 10, 2024 | Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S.

Op-Ed: A Recipe to Fix America’s Broken Energy Policy

NRECA CEO Jim Matheson

Opinon-Editorial by National Rural Electric Cooperative Associaton (NRECA) CEO Jim Matheson published January 5, 2024 by

Senator Brown and Ohio's Energy Advocate Express Electricity Reliability Concerns

U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.

Columbus, OH-U.S.

America's Power Submits Comments to EPA on Carbon Rule's Impact to Reliability

Cardinal Plant is one of four remaining coal plants operating in Ohio, and is owned by Ohio's Electric Cooperatives members.

Washington, D.C. – America’s Power, the only national trade organization whose sole mission is to advocate at the federal and state levels on behalf of the U.S.

Ohio Line Supervisors Association Presented $16,304 Donation to Blake Rodgers Memorial Scholarship Fund

Pictured top row, left to right: Doug Miller The Community Foundation of Ohio's Electric Cooperatives; Kent Eldridge, Buckeye REC; Alan Amos, President, Ohio Line Supervisors Association; Brandon Hale, Blake's stepfather; Bottom row: Krista Smith, Buckeye REC; Brandie Hale, Blake's mom; Derek Brown, Scioto County Technical Career Center.

Lucasville, OH—The Ohio Line Supervisors Association presented a check for $16,304.81 to Scioto County Career Technical Center Monday, November 20, to continue its s

Why is the Reliability of Electricity at Risk?

Reliability of electricity at risk

You flip a switch in your home, and light fills a dark room.   You plug in your cell phone, and it’s charged in an hour.   You fill a refrigerator with food, and it’s cold or frozen in minutes.