It’s electric! New services, tools now electric

If you lis­ten care­ful­ly, you can hear a qui­et trans­for­ma­tion occur­ring. Elec­tric appli­ances and equip­ment are becom­ing more pop­u­lar than ever. Per­haps the biggest dif­fer­ence is they cre­ate less noise. At least that was my expe­ri­ence when I recent­ly drove the newest elec­tric vehi­cle (EV) in the co-op fleet.

Orig­i­nal equip­ment man­u­fac­tur­ers have announced this tech­nol­o­gy is com­ing. As your trust­ed ener­gy advi­sor, it is our job to be armed with the facts and first- hand knowl­edge of how this life-chang­ing tech­nol­o­gy works, so we added two EVs to our fleet.

Dri­ving Sal­ly, what we named the EV, I learned I suf­fer from range anx­i­ety, the accel­er­a­tion was mind-blow­ing and the ride was great. It was easy to oper­ate and drove like a fan­cy sports car, with­out a sports car price tag or gas prices. And did I men­tion that it was qui­et?

Tools such as ChooseEV, and a vari­ety of apps like Opti­watt, are ways you can learn more about elec­tric vehi­cles and if they are the right choice for you. They also help you get over your range anx­i­ety, allow­ing you to prop­er­ly plan your next charge.

EVs are just the tip of the ice­berg. Near­ly 83 years after bring­ing elec­tric­i­ty to our rur­al com­mu­ni­ties, your co-op is still pow­er­ing your life with tools and tech­nolo­gies that make things sim­pler and ser­vice more reli­able.

You may think this is coun­ter­in­tu­itive from the mes­sage deliv­ered by our Vice Pres­i­dent of Engi­neer­ing Craig Spencer about the need for more elec­tric gen­er­a­tion. Yes, it is true that these new tech­nolo­gies take elec­tric­i­ty to run. How­ev­er, it is also true that these devices can help save you mon­ey, man­age your time and reduce your ener­gy use. Learn more about what Craig says in the sec­ond part of our three-month dis­cus­sion on elec­tric gen­er­a­tion on page 20B.

Remem­ber we’re look­ing out for you, no mat­ter what you choose to dri­ve, if you plug in your lawn tools or fill them with gas, and we are proud to con­tin­ue pro­vid­ing afford­able, safe and reli­able ser­vice.

Paul Basha

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Paul Basha
Pres­i­dent and Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer