Early Days
Many who helped start local electric co-ops had this agrarian profession.
What is farming?
Central Electric was formed in 1941 when a group of citizens got together in this town.
What is Sanford?
This national trade association oversees co-op employee benefits, conducts training programs, and spearheads co-op advocacy programs.
What is NRECA?
This president signed the Rural Electrification Act into law in 1936.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
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?
On April 17, 1937, the first NC co-op switch was thrown in this county to energize the homes of 82 members.
What is Edgecombe County?
The national organizations NRECA, CFC, NRTC and Touchstone are all based in what state?
What is Virginia?
This president’s attempt to cut funding to electric co-ops led to a grassroots effort where national co-op leaders declared: “We Protest”
Who is Richard Nixon?
A key function of the REA program was to make these available for large and small electrification construction projects.
What are loans?
For this membership fee, rural residents became the first members of Randolph EMC.
What is five dollars?
Co-ops were accused of hoarding this resource during WWII, which spurred the creation of a national trade association.
What is copper wire?
In 2019, this Roanoke Electric Cooperative CEO made history as NRECA’s first black board president.
Who is Curtis Wynn?
In 1935, only this percent of farms in the United States received central station electric service.
What is 11 percent?
In 1948, this magazine was adopted by NC co-ops as the precursor to Carolina Country.
What is Carolina Farmer magazine?
Outside of RUS, these are the two main lenders serving electric cooperatives.
What are CFC and CoBank?
This plucky electric co-op mascot was created by an NRECA freelance artist in 1950.
Who is Willie Wiredhand?
Next to having the love of God in your heart, a 1940s farmer described rural electrification as this.
What is “the next greatest thing”?
A group of NC co-op managers came together in 1943 to develop a joint program addressing this.
What is Job Training & Safety?
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?
This congressman from Arkansas became the first CEO of NRECA in 1943.
Who is Clyde T. Ellis?