Here’s some information to consider if you’re thinking about generating your own power and connecting to the grid…distributed generation and net-metering

State Representative Norine Hammond met with students representing McDonough Power Cooperative and McDonough Telephone Cooperative, Inc. during the Illinois Electric and Telephone Cooperatives Youth Day in Springfield on Wednesday, April 3. Youth Day is designed

Operation Round-Up trustees met in April to review quarterly grant applications. Five applicants received funding; totaling $7,237.20. To date Operation Round-Up has provided $85,450 in funding thanks to members who choose to have their monthly

McDonough Power Cooperative Operation Round-Up grants totaling $5,850 were recently awarded to five area organizations. Lincoln School in Macomb received $500 for their 1st Annual Adopt a Classroom Color Run, which will be held April

High winds and ice can affect power lines in a way that makes them gallop. Strong winter winds can cause ice to build up on one side of a power line. When this disproportionate buildup

As part of an effort to accelerate electric vehicle transportation alternatives across the United States, Nissan North America, Inc. is offering eligible Touchstone Energy Cooperative member organizations a special incentive toward the purchase of the

Effective January 1, 2019 single-phase residential members will receive a $2.00 facility charge increase. Members with three-phase services will see several changes; the facility charge will increase $12.00 and the demand charge will increase slightly

In 2018 the board of directors of McDonough Power Cooperative voted to return capital credits to members who received service from 1989-1990. McDonough Power is a non-profit electric cooperative.  The annual operating margins, or profits,

McDonough Power Cooperative president and CEO Mike Smith has announced that the Illinois electric cooperatives in 2019 will award 11 academic scholarships to high school seniors through a memorial scholarship fund designed to financially assist