OEC President and CEO Pat O'Loughlin and Buckeye Rural Electric CEO Kent Eldridge at 2023 OLSA Golf Scramble.

The 2023 OLSA Golf Scramble took place on September 1 at Glenross Golf Club.

URE live line demonstration

This issue’s cooperative highlight features Union Rural Electric’s Live Line demonstration.

For the first time, all 24 Ohio cooperatives have an apprentice enrolled in the COLT program.

North Western Electric Cooperative RESAP

Adams REC has joined the RESAP program which means we now have 100% participation in Ohio and WV! Their first onsite observation will be scheduled for 2024.

The ST&LP department’s proposed training topics for 2024 have been approved by the Safety Curriculum Subcommittee and the ST&LP committee and can be downloaded by

OEC President and CEO Pat O'Loughlin and Buckeye Rural Electric CEO Kent Eldridge at 2023 OLSA Golf Scramble.

The 2023 OLSA Golf Scramble took place on September 1 at Glenross Golf Club.

I recently attended a RESAP Area Administrators meeting in Louisville, KY when Bud Branham, Director of Safety Programs at NRECA began the meeting with a statement something like this:

OEC Light the Night 2023

Columbus, OH - Employees of OEC's statewide office gathered Thursday, October 12, for the annual Light the Night event in Columbus, Ohio.