In this episode of “The Co-op Current,” Maria de Pedro, Wake Electric’s Marketing and Communications Specialist, sits down with longtime co-op member Philip Lee to reflect on the legacy of his father, Ira “Shorty” Lee, one of Wake Electric’s first linemen who helped bring electricity to the co-op’s earliest rural members in the 1940s.

In the first episode of “The Co-op Current,” Don Bowman, Wake Electric’s senior vice president and assistant general manager, sits down with the cooperative's 2026 Youth Tour delegates Alexander and Isabella Kelly to hear about their exciting week in Washington, D.C., the friendships they made and what they learned along the way.