Why Aren’t Rural Electric Cooperatives Champions of Local Clean Power?

#Energy When it comes to ownership, there are few better structures for keeping a community’s wealth local than a cooperative. So why is it that America’s rural electric cooperatives are tethered to dirty, old coal-fired power plants instead of local-wealth generating renewable power? There are a lot of answers to this question, but it might start with thihttp://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2014/11/why-arent-rural-electric-cooperatives-champions-of-local-clean-power?cmpid=rss http://bit.ly/15KdByZ