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</header>  </div>  <div class="row"> <section class="archive-content"> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="archive-post"> <div class="archive-post-info"> <small><a href="https://www.electric.coop/category/energy-technology/energy-supply" title="Energy Supply">Energy Supply</a></small> <h2><a href="https://www.electric.coop/weekly-fuel-price-watch" title="Weekly Fuel Price Watch">Weekly Fuel Price Watch</a></h2> <div class="archive-post-abstract">A weekly update for key fuel prices that affect electric cooperatives.</div> <div class="archive-post-read-more"><a href="https://www.electric.coop/weekly-fuel-price-watch" class="read-more">Read More <span class="arrow"><i class="ci-long-arrow-right"></i></span></a></div> <div class="archive-post-share">  <div class="social-share post"> <ul class="social"> <li><a class="facebook-share" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.electric.coop/weekly-fuel-price-watch&title=Weekly+Fuel+Price+Watch" target="_blank"></a></li> 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Supply</a></small> <h2><a href="https://www.electric.coop/nerc-extreme-winter-weather-could-cause-energy-shortfalls-in-much-of-u-s" title="NERC: Extreme Winter Weather Could Cause Energy Shortfalls in Much of U.S. ">NERC: Extreme Winter Weather Could Cause Energy Shortfalls in Much of U.S. </a></h2> <div class="archive-post-abstract">Meeting winter power demand will be more challenging due to plant retirements, NERC said.</div> <div class="archive-post-read-more"><a href="https://www.electric.coop/nerc-extreme-winter-weather-could-cause-energy-shortfalls-in-much-of-u-s" class="read-more">Read More <span class="arrow"><i class="ci-long-arrow-right"></i></span></a></div> <div class="archive-post-share">  <div class="social-share post"> <ul class="social"> <li><a class="facebook-share" 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National Rural Electric Cooperative Association CEO Jim Matheson today issued the following statement on the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s winter 2024-25 reliability assessment. “Demand for electricity is skyrocketing across America and supply is not keeping pace. And flawed public policies that focus on shutting down always available power generation are compounding this problem,” […]" target="_blank"></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="archive-post"> <div class="archive-post-info"> <small><a href="https://www.electric.coop/category/energy-technology/energy-supply" title="Energy Supply">Energy Supply</a></small> <h2><a href="https://www.electric.coop/building-equity-for-our-members-arkansas-gt-invests-1b-in-gas-units" title="‘Building Equity for Our Members’: Arkansas G&T Invests $1B in Gas Units">‘Building Equity for Our Members’: Arkansas G&T Invests $1B in Gas Units</a></h2> <div class="archive-post-abstract">Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. is planning 1,000 MW of new natural gas generation.</div> <div class="archive-post-read-more"><a href="https://www.electric.coop/building-equity-for-our-members-arkansas-gt-invests-1b-in-gas-units" class="read-more">Read More <span class="arrow"><i 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Finalists</a></h2> <div class="archive-post-abstract">Tri-State won nearly $2.5 billion in loans and grants from the program to grow renewable and energ</div> <div class="archive-post-read-more"><a href="https://www.electric.coop/usda-announces-new-era-award-for-tri-state-names-new-finalists" class="read-more">Read More <span class="arrow"><i class="ci-long-arrow-right"></i></span></a></div> <div class="archive-post-share">  <div class="social-share post"> <ul class="social"> <li><a class="facebook-share" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.electric.coop/usda-announces-new-era-award-for-tri-state-names-new-finalists&title=USDA+Announces+New+ERA+Award+for+Tri-State%2C+Names+New+Finalists" target="_blank"></a></li> <li><a class="twitter-share" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?source=https://www.electric.coop/usda-announces-new-era-award-for-tri-state-names-new-finalists&text=USDA+Announces+New+ERA+Award+for+Tri-State%2C+Names+New+Finalists&via=NRECANews 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Agriculture’s second round of awards for electric cooperatives under its Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program. The roughly $1 billion in new funding was announced by Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Xochitl Torres Small today in Colorado, along with $2.5 billion […]" target="_blank"></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="archive-post"> <div class="archive-post-info"> <small><a href="https://www.electric.coop/category/energy-technology/energy-supply" title="Energy Supply">Energy Supply</a></small> <h2><a href="https://www.electric.coop/co-ops-win-big-in-new-2-billion-round-of-doe-grid-funding-program" title="Co-ops Win Big in New $2 Billion Round of DOE Grid Funding Program">Co-ops Win Big in New $2 Billion Round of DOE Grid Funding Program</a></h2> <div class="archive-post-abstract">The funding includes $97.9 million to help an NRECA consortium add new and improved transmission i</div> <div class="archive-post-read-more"><a href="https://www.electric.coop/co-ops-win-big-in-new-2-billion-round-of-doe-grid-funding-program" class="read-more">Read 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