A publication of the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives
As the state’s largest private industry, agriculture touches the lives of all Virginians daily with an economic impact of $82.3 billion annually, according to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Operation Round Up, SVEC’s charitable-giving program, ended 2023 by supporting 10 area nonprofits in its third and final grant cycle.
Lineworkers from Virginia and Maryland electric co-ops were part of the United We Light effort, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) International initiative that brings electricity to rural communities around the world.
It wasn’t their first rodeo, but it was the biggest. Lineworkers Johnny Lanzetta (above) and Jeremy Jenkins represented NOVEC in the October International Lineman’s Rodeo in Kansas. Five different events tested their climbing abilities, equipment repair skills, and...
The cooperative’s Winchester office opened its doors to about 40 students for its first “Day in the Life of a Lineworker” in October.
From all of us at NOVEC, Happy New Year!
As one year welcomes the next, I’d like to take this time to reflect on the past year to assess what was to visualize the year ahead.
