Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Brian Kading, Executive Vice President - 515-727-8941 bkading@iowarec.org Regi Goodale, Director of Regulatory Affairs - 515-727-8949 rgoodale@iowarec.org  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 CONTACT: TIM COONAN, 515-991-3916 Iowa’s electric cooperatives urge action on disaster aid denial during congressional delegation meeting DES MOINES, IA – Representatives of Iowa’s electric cooperatives travel to Washington, D.C., today to discuss a recent decision by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)...

Jo Ann Emerson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, presented Marion Denger with a 2013 Regional Service Award at the regional meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Denger is president of the board of directors for the Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives and president of Prairie Energy Cooperative. “Marion’s passion...

Our annual meeting was held yesterday at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport.  Following the annual meeting yesterday, the Cooperative’s board of directors met during a re-organizational meeting.

Attached for immediate release is information in regard to Consumers Energy’s Annual Meeting and Election of Directors held on September 5, 2013. Please feel free to contact me with questions you might have.

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, in partnership with Alliant Energy, Black Hills Energy, MidAmerican Energy Company, The Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives, the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities, and the Iowa Utility Association, will discuss important information to help customers avoid utility scams.

DES MOINES, Iowa – As the winter heating season approaches, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller and a group of Iowa utilities and utility associations are warning Iowans about the prospect of scammers posing as utilities or government representatives in order to gain access to personal information from utility customers.

This week, the Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives will hold its 70th annual meeting. Nearly 500 electric co-op representatives will meet at the Sheraton West Des Moines on Thursday, Nov. 29 and Friday, Nov. 30, to get the latest information on industry trends, perspectives on the state’s and nation’s economy and latest political election, and energy efficiency trends. Attendees include locally elected directors, managers and key staff from 42 electric cooperatives, which as a whole; provide electricity to approximately 650,000 Iowans in all 99 counties across the state.

Moving Forward headlines this year’s annual meeting of the Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives, Dec. 1-2, 2011. Nearly 500 electric co-op representatives will meet in Des Moines to get the latest information on industry trends, perspectives on the state’s and nation’s economy and opportunities that come with increased global competition. Attendees include locally elected directors, managers and key staff from 42 electric cooperatives that, as a whole, provide electricity to approximately 650,000 Iowans in 210,000 homes, farms and businesses in each of Iowa’s 99 counties.