Ideas for innovation

Great Ideas. Deep Dives.

Join the Co-op Innovation Network for a webinar series highlighting how rural electric cooperatives are building resilient, efficient, and equitable energy systems through innovative energy solutions.

Upcoming webinars.

Thank you for tuning in to our 2025 webinar series. Stay tuned for more information about 2026 webinars to be announced in the new year.

past webinars.

The Orchestrated Grid: how co-ops are managing the surge in renewables.

This webinar explores how rural electric cooperatives are deploying grid orchestration tools—such as software, sensor networks, and pricing signals —to manage increasing loads of renewables while improving reliability. Panelists share insight into how real-time grid data and coordination platforms allow co-ops to unlock capacity and integrate variable generation sources while maintaining reliable and affordable systems.

Power in Reserve: how co-ops are making storage work.

This webinar explores how rural electric cooperatives are deploying battery storage at various scales to increase reliability and decrease member prices. Feature speakers are from Vermont Electric Cooperative, La Plata Electric Cooperative, and Connexus Energy.

Financing the Future: how co-ops are expanding access through on-bill financing.

This webinar explores how different rural electric cooperatives across the nation are deploying on-bill financing or on-bill repayment programs to reduce electricity prices and improve energy efficiency for their members. Panelists from Midwest Energy and the Collective Clean Energy Fund discuss the opportunities of on-bill financing as well as lessons learned from implementing these programs in their community.