CFC Solutions Cast

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.

Join CFC’s Chris Whittle for an update on how a new FERC ruling will impact the waitlist for renewable project interconnection.

Join CFC’s Brian Sloboda as he dives into a handful of cooperative use cases that highlight the potential of demand response programs. 

In this episode of Solutions Cast, we speak with Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association (PVREA) Strategic Communications Director Sam Taggart about the innovative approach PVREA is using to warn cooperative members of local scammers. 

Taggart discusses the scam alert system his team has put in place to protect members from an age-old problem while achieving positive member engagement during a moment of critical need. 

Based in Fort Collins, Colorado, PVREA is a distribution cooperative covering 2,000 square miles of service territory across three counties with more than 4,000 miles of overhead, underground and transmission line.

CFC’s Alisha Pinto as she discusses the current landscape of solar panel retirements and what value solar panel recycling can add.