CFC Solutions Cast

Join Dairyland Power Cooperative Chief Information Officer Nate Melby and Business Applications Supervisor Vlad Tsoy to learn how the cooperative is leveraging various types of AI technology through an internally developed VoltWrite solution. Melby and Tsoy discuss valuable insights into how electric cooperatives can strategically adopt AI to support their workforce and enhance member engagement. 

Dairyland Power is a wholesale electric cooperative that supplies the energy needs of 24 distribution cooperatives and 27 municipal utilities across four states: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. 

Learn how to find the right balance between implementing AI technologies and maintaining the human touch that is crucial to the cooperative business model. 

Join CFC’s Chris Whittle to learn how the U.S. is revolutionizing its battery manufacturing landscape, potentially transforming the future of renewable energy and electric reliability for cooperatives nationwide.

Join Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative (GCEC) CEO John Bartley as he looks back at the impact his cooperative felt when faced with a direct hit from Hurricane Michael.  

GCEC is a distribution cooperative serving more than 20,000 meters and 2,500 miles of line in six counties and six municipalities across the southern panhandle of Florida.  

Discover what it takes to lead an electric cooperative through the challenges of restoring power after a Category 5 storm and the invaluable lessons learned during the rebuilding process.

Join CFC’s Alisha Pinto as she explores the potential of microgrids to enhance energy resilience and efficiency for electric cooperatives.

Join CORE Electric Cooperative CEO Pam Feuerstein for a conversation on technology planning and financial opportunities used to harden CORE’s electric system in a territory at high risk for weather events, including wildfires. 

CORE is the largest electric cooperative in Colorado, providing electric power to more than 375,000 residents. CORE serves 5,000 square miles, including portions of 11 counties to the east, west and south of Denver.

Listen now to learn more about the technology and tools CORE is implementing to mitigate risk, create data governance and focus financial investments in the right areas to harden its system.

Join CFC’s Brian Sloboda to discover how distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS) revolutionize energy management.

Join CFC’s Chris Whittle in an update on recent growth in electric demand and what is driving the increase in the commercial power sector, including the top 10 states seeing the most electricity consumption.  

Join CFC’s Brian Sloboda as he gets to the bottom of EV news headlines and digs into the data behind EV sales. Plus, learn what electric cooperatives may need to focus on when making infrastructure decisions regarding EVs.  

Join CFC Vice President of Capital Markets Vu Ly for an episode on the ins and outs of CFC investment options. Learn what resources CFC provides, gain insight into building board policy and find out how cooperatives can better manage cash flow.  

Join CFC’s Alisha Pinto for an update on how an increase in U.S. wildfires is affecting utilities from insurance coverage to investments in capital expenditures and technology.