OEC President and CEO Pat O'Loughlin testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in Washington D.C. Tuesday, June 6, about the EPA's new carbon capture rules that would negatively impact electricity reliability and affordability.

Washington, D.C.—Buckeye

Ohio’s Electric Cooperatives’ members were awarded $6,000 in Electric Cooperatives Technical/Trade School Scholarships on May 26, 2023.

In May, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) released its summer reliabil

Pictured Left to Right: Kent Eldridge, CEO, Buckeye Rural Electric; Doug Miller, VP Ohio's Electric Cooperatives; Brandie Hale, Blake's mother; Brandon Hale, Blake's stepfather; Derek Brown, Post Secondary Director, Scioto County Career Tech Center; Krista Smith, Communications and Marketing Coordinator, Buckeye Rural Electric.
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Blake Rodgers, age 22, died December 23, 2023, while working to restore power during Winter Storm Elliott.

Lucasville, OH—The memory of Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative lineman Blake Rodgers will live on at the school where he began his training thanks to a scholarship established in his namesake.

North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Summer 2023 Reliability Assessment

Columbus, OH—Ohio is only one of several states in the eastern United States that is considered at low risk for electricity reliability issues this summer, according to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation'…

Student plant tour
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Student plant tour
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Student plant tour
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Student plant tour

High school students from four Ohio electric cooperative territories received the rare opportunity to tour Cardinal Plant, considered one of the world’s cleanest power-producing coal plants in the world.

Damaging winds from a derecho took down power lines and poles in Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative service area in June 2022.

Columbus, OH-Three Ohio electric cooperatives will be reimbursed for expenses incurred following the damaging derecho that swept across parts of the state in June 2022.

Cardinal Plant in Brilliant, Ohio, owned by Buckeye Power, Ohio's Electric Cooperatives.

Washington DC-The USDA announced $9.7 billion in funding for rural electric cooperatives involved in generation and transmission of power, to invest in clean energy systems.