Randolph Electric’s member-owners need the lights to stay on at a price that families and businesses can afford. The United States Congress, by making laws that govern the energy industry, wields considerable influence over your power bill.

Cooperative member-owners need smart energy policies that will help meet growing demand. Collectively, the 900 co-ops in the United States serve members 42 million Americans and cover 56% of the American landscape. Electric cooperatives provide power to the most rural, rugged and hard-to-reach areas of our nation — places that for-profit energy companies will not serve due to higher expenses.

Your cooperative considers it an honor to speak on your behalf to our elected officials. REMC wants our representatives and senators to remember that our members are their voters. They must take our members into account and promote legislation that has our members’ best interest at heart.

In April 2025, Randolph Electric staff and leaders asked our representatives and senators to:

• Support a diverse supply of energy resources to meet skyrocketing electricity demand, particularly in rural communities.
• Improve permitting processes and cutting costly, burdensome regulations to accelerate the deployment and maintenance of electric and broadband infrastructure.
• Ensure federal programs and resources that support electric cooperative projects are used efficiently and effectively as we invest to meet the needs of our communities.

We count it an honor to be your voice in our nation’s capital.