Close to 100 co-op representatives from around the country joined NRECA this week to visit Senators on Capitol Hill to press home the co-op message on climate change legislation: affordability, not profitability.

Michigan representatives met with staffs from Sen. Carl Levin’s and Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s offices to share the message that any legislation forcing carbon reductions should be realistic, include a safety valve and allow time for technology to meet the challenge.

Photo: NRECA CEO Glenn English talks with Michigan electric cooperative representatives (from left) Melinda Lautner, Cherryland Electric director, Mike Peters, and Mike Buda before they take Our Energy, Our Future postcards from Michigan consumers to Capitol Hill.

Also joining NRECA’s surgical strike on the U.S. Senate were directors Ken Swope and Topper Barth, and CEO Bob Hance of Midwest Energy; director Dale Farrier of Great Lakes Energy and Wolverine Power; director Glen Alsobrooks of Presque Isle and Wolverine; and Craig Borr of Wolverine Power.