Ensuring Your Voices are Heard

by Barry Hart

This month, Jefferson City looks forward to the 2012 legislative session getting underway at the state Capitol. I’ll be one of the many carefully watching what takes place at the statehouse. 

One of the most important roles for the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives is to represent electric cooperative members at the Capitol. Our purpose is to keep tabs on any legislation that could adversely affect rural people and to propose new legislation that will be beneficial.

Our efforts are guided here in Missouri by a Legislative Committee composed of managers and directors from electric cooperatives around the state. This ensures we have input from the various state regions and oversight from the grassroots.

The people on this committee, and others from neighboring electric cooperatives who provide input, have the pulse of the state’s rural areas. They know the issues that are important to their members, and they certainly let us know what these are...  READ MORE