Veterans enter the workforce with identifiable and transferable skills, proven In real-world situations, to accomplish our Cooperative’s mission. REC’s Veteran’s add value to our workforce because they: 

  • Have extensive technical, leadership and safety skills.
  • Have the proven ability to learn new concepts and skills.
  • Are mission-driven.
  • Have received crisis and risk management training.
  • Are adaptable and have great problem-solving skills.
  • Work efficiently, effectively and diligently in high-pressure and fast-paced environments.
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REC crews completed the weeklong, tedious task of restoring outages caused by the 36-hour windstorm that thrashed REC's 22-county service territory.

REC Continues Restoration Efforts

Tuesday | March 6, 2018
Crews continued to tackle devastating damage in REC's western territory today, replacing poles, setting transformers and rebuilding electric lines bat...
REC and an additional 200 mutual aid workers from Virginia and out-of-state electric co-ops have restored more than 92 percent of the outages caused b...