Currents is Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative's member newsletter that provides service information, perspectives, and important updates to each and every one of our memebrs. Currents has operated as a four-page newsletter sent monthly to members alongside thier bills from 1998 to 2023. As of March 2023, we now provide an eight-page version of Currents four times per year, sent directly by mail to each member. Each new issue is also available online, accessible on this webpage.
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Our Newest Stories
In our final issue of Currents for 2025, we focus on the critical costs involved on providing power reliable to our members. For multiple reasons, the energy market in the United States in undergoing massive challenges, from increasing demand and shrinking supply, to ever-shifting government policy, to cost increases for critical equipment. In our main article, President & CEO Chris Reese discusses how these challenges are impacting Sussex REC and how this will affect members' rates in 2026.
Also in this issue, we explain how some common complaints from members, such as blinks, trees, and abandoned poles, are evaluated to balance member satisfaction with responsible use of funds.
Student programs also receive a spotlight. Funded through unclaimed capital credits, we offer programs for high schoolers who live on our lines to help them grow into our next generation of leaders. Juniors are eligible to attend Youth Tour, a free trip to Washington, D.C., and seniors can access scholarship and awards through our Co-op. Students must make sure they apply before upcoming deadlines!