With a transition in the White House, a Republican-controlled Congress and a new governor of North Dakota, co-ops stand ready to work with government leaders at all levels to ensure a pro-energy regulatory agenda that protects electric affordability and reliability.

“America is at an energy crossroads and the reliability of the electric grid hangs in the balance. Critical generation resources are being retired faster than they can be reliably replaced. At the same time, electricity demand is skyrocketing,” National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) CEO Jim Matheson says.