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"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” In the spirit of this quote by author William Arthur Ward, I’d...

In May, the Board of Directors of East-Central Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative voted to retire $568,048 in patronage back to its members. These margin...

East-Central Iowa REC Director Gary McKenna recently earned his Credentialed Cooperative Director Certificate (CCD). The Credentialed Cooperative Dire...

Each October, ECI REC joins 30,000 cooperatives nationwide to celebrate National Co-op Month, which recognizes the many ways cooperatives are committe...

Contributing to RECare—a program that distributes funds to low-income energy consumers in Benton and Buchanan Counties via community action agencies—i...

The 2019-2020 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps qualifying low-income Iowa homeowners and renters pay for a portion of their pr...

Business owners take note—your project may be eligible for a loan through the ECI REC revolving loan fund. Anyone may apply for a loan for any communi...

It's no secret that for leaders to be most effective, they must be knowledgeable about the industries and issues that could impact the organizations t...