Early Days of Electric Co-ops
Many who helped start local electric co-ops had this agrarian profession.
What is farming?
This cooperative is a a member-owned nonprofit financial institution.
What is Credit Union?
The national organizations NRECA, CFC, NRTC and Touchstone are all based in what state?
What is Virginia?
This ex-employee recently returned to JOEMC as CEO.
Who is Gary Ray?
Community ___ projects enable co-op members to take advantage of this renewable energy resource without having to own or maintain their own system.
What is solar?
A key function of the REA program was to make these available for large and small electrification construction projects.
What are loans?
This principle states that cooperatives work for the sustainable development of their communities through policies supported by the membership.
What is Concern for Community?
In 2019, this Roanoke Electric Cooperative CEO made history as NRECA’s first black board president.
Who is Curtis Wynn?
This gentlemen currently serves as JOEMC's Chairman of the Board.
Who is John L. Pierce?
North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives have a goal to reach net zero carbon emissions by this year.
What is 2050?
In 1936, farmers met with local and federal officials to form this electric cooperative, the first of its kind in North Carolina.
What is Edgecombe-Martin County EMC?
This type of a cooperative was the first recognized cooperative business in the United States
What is a mutual fire insurance company?
Outside of RUS, these are the two main lenders serving electric cooperatives.
What are CFC and CoBank?
The name of this JOEMC podcast is currently in its 5th season.
What is Flippin the Switch?
Several NC co-op EV chargers are being funded from a state settlement with this car maker.
What is Volkswagen?
Next to having the love of God in your heart, a 1940s farmer described rural electrification as this.
What is “the next greatest thing”?
Electric cooperatives are deemed as tax exempt organizations under this section of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC).
What is 501(c)(12)?
Formed in 1984, this Lincoln, Nebraska-based NRECA subsidiary oversees benefits for electric co-op employees across the country.
What is the Cooperative Benefit Administrators?
JOEMC's current rank among North Carolina's 26 electric cooperatives based on number of members served.
What is 4th?
This percentage of NCEMC’s current power mix is carbon-free.
What is 60 percent?
The “RE” in REA stands for this, in both the Administration and the 1936 Act that empowered the first electric co-ops.
What is Rural Electrification?
The mission of this association of cooperatives is to educate, connect and promote cooperatives in North Carolina.
What is the Cooperative Council of North Carolina (CCNC)?
This plucky electric co-op mascot was created by an NRECA freelance artist in 1950.
Who is Willie Wiredhand?
JOEMC scored 92 out of a possible 100 on this satisfaction index in the second quarter of 2023, putting JOEMC as one of the highest-scoring co-ops in the country.
What is ACSI?
The first co-op microgrid came online in 2016 on this NC island.
What is Ocracoke Island?