NRECA owns two buildings in Arlington, VA and one building in this Midwestern capital
What is Lincoln, Nebraska?
Remember the Alamo! In March, NRECA will be hosting PowerXchange in this city
What is San Antonio, Texas?
This monthly distributed print and digital publication boasts a 99% reach of electric cooperatives
What is RE Magazine?
This body of the Legislative Branch is where NRECA's current CEO, Jim Matheson, served from 2001-2015 representing his home state of Utah
What is the House of Representatives?
This NRECA employee is the Managing Director of BTS Consulting
Who is Ginny Beauchemin?
This employee oversees building operations at NRECA
Who is Brad Smith?
This series of events take place on an annual basis in the fall and are held in various geographic locations
What are Regional Meetings?
With a lightbulb socket for a head, a wired body, and a two-pronged power plug for legs, this cartoon mascot of NRECA was selected from a design contest in 1948 with artist Drew McLay winning the $50 prize
Who is Willie Wiredhand?
Formerly known as the Action Committee for Rural Electrification or ACRE, NRECA's political action committee changed its name to this in 2023
What is America's Electric Cooperatives PAC?
These are the primary BTS Consulting practice areas (name three)
What are Market Research, Executive Search, Human Capital, Technology Management, Safey Consulting and Emerging Services? (Governance also accepted)
At NRECA, the Building Operations department reports to this SLT member
Who is the Chief Information Officer/Wayne McGurk?
Starting this year, NRECA will begin a new leadership program for electric co-op executives that will take place at this university, home of the wildcats
What is Northwestern University?
NRECA offers these three levels of Associate Membership
What is Platinum, Gold, and Silver?
Elected to the office of Secretary-Treasurer in 2023, this CEO of Sequachee Valley Electric Membership Corporation reviews and approves the Secretary-Treasurer's report prepared by Finance on a monthly basis
Who is T. Michael Partin? (Mike Partin also acceptable)
This BTS Consulting practice area recruits CEOs, GMs and other leadership roles for cooperatives
What is Executive Search?
Including retail and garage space, NRECA's building located at 4301 Wilson Blvd has this number of tenants as of 12/31/2023
What is 8 tenants?
With over $2 million worth of invoices sent during 2023, this company is ET&E's largest vendor by gross expenses
What is Video West, Inc?
This website was designed to share stories about NRECA and America's electric cooperatives' impact on the nation and the utility industry
What is Electric.coop?
This independent agency of the US government enforces campaign finance laws and requires entities such as NRECA to submit monthly filings to report PAC activity
What is the Federal Election Commission?
This NRECA employee is the Director of Safety Programs
Who is Bud Branham?
This category of commercial real estate leases stipulate that tenants pay a proportionate share of the building’s operating expenses
What is a Net Lease?
Not all training is about bookkeeping. You could expect to learn how to implement Advanced Metering Infrastructure and other smart grid technology in this program offered in Madison, WI
What is Introduction to Distribution Engineering?
Along with JC Brown, LaBerge, and Autry, this fourth Cooperative Communication Award at Connect Conference recognizes the outstanding work produced by electric cooperative communication & marketing professionals in 18 categories
What is Spotlight on Excellence?
Enacted in 1995, this piece of legislation requires entities to file quarterly activity reports with the Office of the Clerk disclosing lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government, and for other purposes
What is the Lobbying Disclosure Act?
Currently, this is the primary service provided in the Emerging Services practice area
What is Electric Vehicle Strategic Planning, Transportation Research, Charging Development or GIS EV Mapping Planning Toolbox? (all acceptable answers)