More than 8,000 representatives from cooperative electric utilities across the nation are attending the NRECA Annual Meeting Feb. 23-25, during which they will set NRECA’s legislative and organizational agenda for 2015.
On the amendment to the greenhouse gas resolution to increase NRECA involvement in active research and educational effort; the vote was:
No: 380
Yes: 275
NRECA has previously stated that it opposes the use of the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
In addition to considering and acting upon policy resolutions, delegates receive reports from NRECA officials, hear addresses by key public figures and business experts, and attend educational forums on major issues affecting electric cooperatives and their consumer owners.
About the Author
Vito Longo
Technology Editor
Vito received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Louisiana State University. He was a consultant for several Louisiana rural electric cooperatives. At Power Technologies Inc. in Schenectady, New York, he performed transmission line design criteria studies for international utilities and R&D on compact and high phase order transmission lines. After five years with PG&E, he joined EPRI as a project manager and advanced the state-of-practice in foundation analysis and design, lightning performance calculations, static and dynamic conductor thermal ratings, transmission line optimization studies, and software delivery of research results.
Vito joined T&D World in 2006 as the technology editor.
