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document.write('<p class="rss-item" style="font: 10px Arial;text-decoration: none;color: #000000;text-align: justify;" ><a target="_blank"  class="rss-item" style="font: bold 12px Arial;text-decoration: underline;color: #4444aa;" href="http://www.nreca.coop/rss/permalink.htm?id=6772976c-09bd-4531-86cba49b2034cd4b">NRECA to DOE:  Existing Privacy Principles Can Protect Consumers in a New Smart Grid Environment</a><br />');
document.write('July 26, 2010 - Electric co-ops respond to a request for information from the Department of Energy.');
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document.write('July 26, 2010 - Electric co-ops respond to a request for information from the Department of Energy.');
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document.write('<p class="rss-item" style="font: 10px Arial;text-decoration: none;color: #000000;text-align: justify;" ><a target="_blank"  class="rss-item" style="font: bold 12px Arial;text-decoration: underline;color: #4444aa;" href="http://www.nreca.coop/rss/permalink.htm?id=525bb991-7e0f-4e9e-9d28fdcdb685c930">National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Urges Balanced Approach to Regulation of Coal Ash</a><br />');
document.write('May 6, 2010 - Statement from Glenn English, CEO, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association on the proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate coal ash.');
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document.write('<p class="rss-item" style="font: 10px Arial;text-decoration: none;color: #000000;text-align: justify;" ><a target="_blank"  class="rss-item" style="font: bold 12px Arial;text-decoration: underline;color: #4444aa;" href="http://www.nreca.coop/rss/permalink.htm?id=144b1177-a543-44cd-971913cdb169f072">NRECA: Industry Expertise Trumps Policy Views in Protecting Reliability </a><br />');
document.write('April 22, 2010 - NRECA joins industry challenge to FERCs expansive reading of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.');
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document.write('<p class="rss-item" style="font: 10px Arial;text-decoration: none;color: #000000;text-align: justify;" ><a target="_blank"  class="rss-item" style="font: bold 12px Arial;text-decoration: underline;color: #4444aa;" href="http://www.nreca.coop/rss/permalink.htm?id=e91a04a0-e661-4174-89579d56bae226a7">Electric Co-ops Weigh In on Federal Broadband Plan</a><br />');
document.write('March 18, 2010 - Co-ops support plan goals, oppose federal jurisdiction of pole attachments.');
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document.write('<p class="rss-item" style="font: 10px Arial;text-decoration: none;color: #000000;text-align: justify;" ><a target="_blank"  class="rss-item" style="font: bold 12px Arial;text-decoration: underline;color: #4444aa;" href="http://www.nreca.coop/rss/permalink.htm?id=f2321e37-7843-41f6-ad17940539f7c179">Co-ops Urge a Responsible Path Forward on Climate Change</a><br />');
document.write('March 5, 2010 - Cooperatives supporting legislative efforts to prevent use of the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.');
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document.write('<p class="rss-item" style="font: 10px Arial;text-decoration: none;color: #000000;text-align: justify;" ><a target="_blank"  class="rss-item" style="font: bold 12px Arial;text-decoration: underline;color: #4444aa;" href="http://www.nreca.coop/rss/permalink.htm?id=4db53b48-22f3-4126-9c97620c02f42cae">Electric Co-ops Thank Senator Harkin and Others</a><br />');
document.write('December 11, 2009 - In letter, NRECA CEO Glenn English thanks Senators for raising concerns about costs to consumers under S. 1733');
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document.write('August 11, 2009 - Two new reports suggest an aggressive efficiency effort could save U.S. 15 to 23 percent of projected energy usage in 2020.');
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document.write('June 23, 2009 -  NRECA pleased with the progress in making the bill more fair, more sustainable');
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document.write('June 8, 2009 - In Senate testimony, Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf projects the impact of carbon cap-and-trade on household energy costs.');
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document.write('March 5, 2009 - Committee passes Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 by unanimous voice vote.');
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document.write('October 8, 2009 - NRECAs software specification targeted to distribution co-ops included on list of 31 interoperability standards (Standards after Initial Comments) released by NIST.');
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document.write('September 3, 2009 - Deploying a full portfolio of generation and efficiency technologies, including expanded nuclear generation, carbon capture and electric cars, would reduce the cost of meeting carbon reduction targets.');
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document.write('May 18, 2009 - NRECA comments on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission policy statement urge patience, consensus-building and strong consumer focus.');
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document.write('May 11, 2009 - From 2007 to 2030 projected annual electric demand growth falls to .9 percent.');
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document.write('March 26, 2009 - Commission calls MultiSpeak Initiative best work to date on interoperability at the distribution level.');
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document.write('February 12, 2009 - Current rules severely limit effectiveness of the loan program.');
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document.write('March 10, 2009 - CEO Frank Alix calls for government incentives to support carbon capture and storage research.');
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document.write('February 3, 2009 - NRECA CEO Glenn English thanks Senators for bumping up a federal loan program to $50 billion for low-carbon power generation projects.');
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document.write('June 17, 2008 - Senate fails a second time to open debate on H.R. 6049, which includes an extension of the CREB program currently set to expire at the end of 2008.');
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