The Action Committee for Rural Electrification represents NRECA on Capital Hill. We all know it by a much shorter, snappier name.
What is ACRE?
100
This group of esteemed co-op communicators initiates professional development opportunities and programs such as this Orientation for the entire co-op communicator community.
What is CREC?
100
In this year, an ice storm knocked out electricity in Quebec and Ontario, the "unibomber" asked to be his own lawyer; Monica Lewinski became a household word; and Touchstone Energy Cooperatives was founded.
What is 1998
200
These top companies have something in common REI, True Value, Best Western.
What is a co-op?
200
The vision of this NRECA initiative is to provide veterans, service members and military spouses, with the opportunity to continue their mission of serving America’s suburban and rural communities
What is Serve Our Co-Op, Serve Our Country
200
A ruinous civil war consumed this African country in the 1990s and destroyed much of its power grid;in March 2014, an Ebola outbreak began. NRECA has gone here to bring power to the people.
What is Liberia?
200
This credential signifies professional competence in communication within the electric co-op industry.
What is CCC?
200
This organization provides people in developing countries with access to safe, reliable and affordable electricity.
What is NRECA International.
300
There are nearly 30,000 of these not-for-profit entities in the U.S.
How many co-ops are there in the U.S.?
300
Every month this digital tool box provides a range of articles, columns, graphics and materials supporting electric co-op member communication platforms.
What is Straight Talk?
300
The Co-ops Vote initiative and ACRE are agnostic when supporting a candidate. Specifically, they do not support any political party.
What is bipartisan? (or non-partisan)
300
These are the four primary goals of this CREC program:
1) Improve the practice of communication in the electric co-op field;
2) Identify a body of knowledge and skills necessary to the practice of electric co-op communication;
3) Recognize those individuals who have demonstrated a professional level of excellence in the practice of electric co-op communication;
4) Assist communicators in attaining the skills they need to function as mass communication and marketing communication professionals
What is CCC?
300
Just like NRECA represents the electric co-op industry on Captiol Hill, this company represents our industry on Wall Street.
What is CFC?
400
1) Voluntary and Open Membership; 2) Democratic Member Control; 3) Members’ Economic Participation; 4) Autonomy and Independence; 5)
Education, Training, and Information; 6) Cooperation Among Cooperatives; 7) Concern for Community
What are the seven co-op principles?
400
NRECA’s flagship monthly magazine is comprised of co-op-focused, human-interest and technology articles.
What is RE magazine?
400
ACRE has a presence in the same number of states as there are co-ops.
What is 47?
400
This Council is comprised of electric co-op communicators representatives for distribution, G&T, statewide associations, NRECA, CFC and Federated
What is CREC?
400
While this company does sell insurance to co-ops, it considers itself a "safety company."
What is Federated?
500
This four-term president issued Executive Order 7037 in 1935, establishing the REA and later signed the bill into law.
Who is FDR?
500
This handy online tools provides access to your benefits info., directories, conferences and quick links to Straight Talk among others.
This one-term president witnessed the signing of the first USAID-NRECA agreement to use the cooperative model to electrify rural areas of developing countries.
Who is John Kennedy?
500
This is the premiere, annual professional development conference for co-op communicators of every level of experience.