CEO Column January

New Year, New Design, New Features

New Year, New Design, New Features

By Charise Swanson

Charise Swanson

Over the past year, the New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperatives staff have been thinking about how we can redesign enchantment magazine to fully engage our readers. It was last redesigned in 2013, and much has happened during the past 10 years.

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Spring Brings Annual meetings

Spring Brings Annual Meetings

By Charise Swanson

Charise Swanson

Spring is in the air, and with it comes the beginning of the season for our member cooperative annual meetings. Our New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperatives team loves to get out and see all of you as we travel around our great state of New Mexico.

Voluntary Membership

The Cooperative Difference

The Cooperative Difference

By Charise Swanson

CEO Charise Swason

I, along with our cooperative members, get many questions—not only about rates but what makes us different from large utilities, such as Public Service Company of New Mexico. New Mexico's rural electric cooperatives are different from investor-owned urban utilities in several key areas.

2023 Youth Tour - NMREC

2023 Youth Tour

ABOVE: Thirty-nine delegates attended the Youth Tour while representing NMRECA. Victoria "Lexi" Kilpatrick, left, was selected to be NMRECA's representative on the Youth Leadership Council, with Andrew Essary as the alternative. 

What an incredible journey the students from rural New Mexico embarked on in June, thanks to the generous sponsorship of their local electric cooperatives. This year's Youth Tour consisted of 39 eager young delegates representing 13 of our 15 NMRECA member cooperatives.