BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Solar United Neighbors - ECPv6.3.3.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Solar United Neighbors X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.solarunitedneighbors.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Solar United Neighbors REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210928T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210928T201500 DTSTAMP:20240328T071157 CREATED:20210907T210343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T223007Z UID:45498-1632855600-1632860100@www.solarunitedneighbors.org SUMMARY:Make sure your electric cooperative serves you DESCRIPTION:Electric cooperatives are supposed to serve the needs of their member-owners. But in Virginia\, they don’t. Virginia’s electric cooperatives operate with little member input. This has allowed the cooperatives to unfairly increase member-owner rates. It has allowed them to slow the adoption of new technology\, like solar and broadband. \nJoin us via Zoom to learn how you can fight back. Protect yourself from unfair electric rate increases. Ensure that your cooperative allows you to go solar and be energy efficient. \nCooperative members from around the country will join us. They’ll share what they’ve done to reform their cooperatives. \nSpeakers include: \n\nSeth Heald\, Co-Founder RepowerREC; and member-owner of Rappahannock Electric Co-op in Virginia\nJoe Smyth\, Research & Communications Manager\, Energy and Policy Institute; and Creator of CleanCooperative.com\nBenita Wells\, CFO\, Southern Echo and Co-Chair Advancing Equity and Opportunity Collaborative: Democratizing Rural Electric Co-ops working group\nHolly Metzler\, Board member\, La Plata Electric Association in Colorado. LPEA is a founding member of the NextGen Co-op Alliance.\n\nRegister now via Zoom  URL:https://www.solarunitedneighbors.org/event/governance-transparency-at-recs-21-09-28/ CATEGORIES:Advocacy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.solarunitedneighbors.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Gifford-Fry-array3-73kW-Chestertown-Co-op.webp LOCATION:https://www.solarunitedneighbors.org/event/governance-transparency-at-recs-21-09-28/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR