NOVEC Prepares for Snow Storm and Possible Outages
- December 18, 2009
The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative is preparing for possible electric outages that may result from snow forecasted to begin falling sometime Friday night, Dec. 18, 2009....
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NOVEC Returns $2.36 Million to Customers
- December 17, 2009
The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative board of directors has authorized a special $2.36 million CashBack refund to customer-owners. Refund credits will appear on customers’ December bills. The refund brings NOVEC’s total CashBack in 2009 to more than $15 million....
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NOVEC President/CEO asks Virginia legislators to support a balanced solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- December 11, 2009
Stan Feuerberg, president and CEO of the Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative, told Virginia legislators at a Dec. 9, 2009, meeting that Co-op customers have used a little less power in recent months compared to the same time a year ago, but requiring electric utilities to further reduce Virginia’s power consumption by a substantial amount before 2025 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be costly for consumers....
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NOVEC Offers Ways to Keep the Holidays Merry, Bright, and Safe
- December 01, 2009
The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative wants its customers to remember safety and energy conservation when they string lights on Christmas trees and holiday displays this season....
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NOVEC Customers Could Collectively Save $4.7 Million Annually with Load Management Program
- November 18, 2009
The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative is encouraging customers to participate in its Load Management Program. Customers who sign up by Dec. 31, 2009, may win one of several programmable thermostats....
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NOVEC Mourns Loss of Long-time Employee
- November 10, 2009
Stan Feuerberg, the Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative president and CEO, notified the company that NOVEC Service Technician Allen “Junior” Payne passed away at home on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, in Manassas, Va....
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NOVEC Asks for Thanksgiving Food Donations
- November 05, 2009
The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative is asking area residents to donate non-perishable food to its Operation Turkey food drive to help feed low-income people in Prince William County this Thanksgiving....
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NOVEC Selected to Receive DOE Smart Grid Investment Grant for Upgrading Electrical Grid
- October 29, 2009
The United States Department of Energy has selected the Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative for a $5 million smart grid investment grant....
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NOVEC Program Helps Low-Income People Stay Warm
- October 16, 2009
The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative is asking members of the Northern Virginia community to help local unemployed people, low-income families, and the elderly heat their homes this winter by donating money to NOVEC’s Operation Round Up fund....
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NOVEC President/CEO Tells Customers a Cap and Trade Law Could Increase Energy Costs
- October 01, 2009
Stan Feuerberg, president and CEO of the Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative, told more than 1,000 customer-owners at the Co-op’s Sept. 23, 2009, annual meeting that NOVEC has not raised its distribution rates since 1991, but a “cap and trade” bill under consideration in the U.S. Senate could increase energy costs for all electricity consumers. The meeting was held at C. D. Hylton Senior High School in Woodbridge, Va....
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NOVEC Celebrates 30 Years of Saving Energy
- September 01, 2009
During the 1970s energy crisis, the Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative implemented the Load Management Program to help hold down power costs for its customers on high power-use days year-round. With ever-increasing energy needs and costs, and to celebrate 30 years of saving energy, NOVEC is campaigning for more customers to join the 43,000 customers already enrolled in the Cooperative's Load Management Program....
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NOVEC Asks Customers to Use Less Power This Week
- August 03, 2009
The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative asks all of its customers to reduce their power consumption at work and home as much as practical between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. this week....
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NOVEC and Police Recommend Security Lighting
- July 22, 2009
The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative, the Fairfax County Police Department, and the National Association of Town Watch recommend outdoor security lighting to prevent crime....
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Local Students See Government in Action
- July 21, 2009
Five local students selected by the Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative joined more than 1,500 other high school juniors and seniors from across the country to witness the federal government in action at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s Youth...
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Electric Co-ops Award College Scholarships
- July 02, 2009
The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative and the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives have awarded college scholarships amounting to $17,000 to 11 Northern Virginia high school students in Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William and Stafford counties...
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NOVEC Wins Silver Telly and Other P.R. Awards
- July 01, 2009
The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative and CortaniMorrison Public Relations and Advertising received a 2009 Silver Telly Award in June for a television advertisement they produced. The Co-op also won three Spotlight on Excellence awards in May from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association...
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NOVEC Signs Power Agreement with Cogentrix
- June 02, 2009
The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative announced today that it has signed a power purchase agreement with Cogentrix Energy, LLC and will begin purchasing electric power from Cogentrix’s modernized plants in Hopewell, Va., and Portsmouth, Va., in June 2009...
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NOVEC's Electrical Safety Tips for Seniors
- May 28, 2009
After World War II, many young Americans flocked to the Washington, D.C., area to find jobs. They married, had children, and many moved into houses in Northern Virginia designed for families....
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Prepare For Hurricanes During Sales Tax Holiday
- May 20, 2009
Legislation enacted by the 2007 session of the Virginia General Assembly calls for a sales tax holiday on certain emergency preparation equipment and products. This year, the Virginia Department of Taxation has directed retailers to exempt qualifying products from state sales tax from May 25, 2009, to May 31, 2009...
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NOVECs New Calculators Help Consumers Save Energy
- May 13, 2009
e Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative has added the Home Energy Suite to its Web site, www.novec.com. The suite’s calculators help consumers see how much energy their homes currently use, how much carbon dioxide their use is adding to the atmosphere, and how much energy and costs can be saved with specific changes...
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NOVEC Customers Help Hundreds Stay Warm
- April 16, 2009
The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative and its customers contributed $50,000 this winter to help more than 300local low-income families heat their homes through NOVEC’s Operation Round Up. The program has contributed approximately $500,000since ORU’s inception in 1997...
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NOVEC HELPS Project Mend-A-House
- April 07, 2009
A group of Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative employees answered the call from Project Mend-A-House to dig post holes for two handicap ramps at homes in Triangle, Va., and Nokesville, Va., in March 2009. NOVEC Hands Engaged in Local Public Service, HELPS,...
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Stimulus Bill Offers Energy-Saving Options
- April 01, 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 17, 2009, provides money to help Americans weatherize their homes and make energy efficiency improvements. Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative customer-owners...
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Keeping Warm is Challenge for the Needy
- February 17, 2009
Temperatures in January 2009 averaged 39 degrees—4degrees below the average temperature in
Northern Virginia in January. The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative reports that colder weather increased power demand in January and made paying heating bills extra challenging for low-income...
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Students See General Assembly in Action
- February 17, 2009
The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative took five area high school students to Richmond on Feb. 5, 2009, to see the Commonwealth’s General Assembly in action as part of the Cooperative’s annual Richmond Youth Legislative Day....
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Scholarships are Available from Electric Co-ops
- January 28, 2009
The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative and the Virginia, Maryland, Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives will accept applications from Northern Virginia high school seniors for higher-education scholarships through early April, 2009...
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