Rural Co-ops Navigate a New Era of Load Growth, Rising Costs, and Policy Pressure

  • Coal
  • April 16, 2026

After decades of relatively flat electricity demand, the U.S. power sector is suddenly racing to keep up—and rural electric cooperatives, which serve 42 million people across 54% of the nation’s land mass, are feeling the squeeze as acutely as anyone. As a guest on The POWER Podcast, Jim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric […]

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