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NRTC Member Brings Wind Farm Online
NRTC member Basin Electric Power Cooperative brought a major wind farm online on Dec. 30, 2009, near Minot, ND. The 77-turbine wind project is the country’s largest wind farm wholly owned by an electric cooperative. By the end of 2010, the wind farm will generate about 600 megawatts of electricity—enough to meet the annual electricity needs of about 175,000 homes. Basic Electric is a generation and transmission electric cooperative responsible for delivering power to distribution electric cooperatives in nine states. The Cooperative’s energy is delivered to some 2.8 million customers. Read the article… [More]

Wes Dittmer Named CFO of NRTC
January 4, 2010 [Herndon, VA]—The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative today announced Wes Dittmer as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), succeeding Chris Abetz, who retired at the end of 2009. [More]

ViaSat Acquires WildBlue
December 15, 2009--ViaSat, Inc. has completed its agreement to acquire WildBlue Communications, Inc. [More]

NRTC and GeoNav Group Introduce nVIEW Networks for Rural Telcos
December 7, 2009 [Herndon, VA]—The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) and GeoNav Group International announced today the availability of nVIEW Networks, infrastructure management software that allows telecommunication providers to manage their networks using ESRI’s ArcGIS®.  [More]