This effort helps veterans understand potential career paths with electric co-ops and in turn, provides co-ops with best practices in attracting, onboarding, and retaining veterans.

“The military and electric cooperatives are connected by the common overarching values of service and a commitment to community,” said Charlies Bayless, U.S. Air Force veteran and incoming general counsel for North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives (see page 6).

Veterans interested in finding a co-op job can start their search, or find more energy industry jobs through the Center for Energy Workforce Development’s Troops to Energy Jobs Initiative.