Today's Quote
"We have got one environmental chief, and she is where the buck stops."
-CatherineTempleton, director of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, describing a change at the agency that places one person, Elizabeth Dieck, in charge of overseeing all programs for environmental permitting.
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e-blast is a weekly electronic newsletter created to provide the latest work of your state association, news from our member cooperatives and progress on issues important to us all.
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Obama energy team being remade
 | | Steven Chu |
Just as the president is building new national security and foreign affairs teams, he's expected to remake his energy team. Observers predict that Secretary of Energy Steven Chu will announce his resignation as early as this week. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson has already announced she's leaving soon.
"Former governors and senators are going to be high on the list for both jobs," independent consultant Paul Bledsoe told The Hill, because they have advantages in the approval process: lawmakers have relationships in Congress while governors' executive experience can help secure GOP votes.
Possible Chu successors at Energy include former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, former Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, John Podesta, who was President Clinton's chief of staff, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter.
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Paulling takes over at Mid-Carolina
 | | Jake Wolfe |
After a nationwide search, former Tri-County Electric Cooperative CEO Bob Paulling has been chosen by Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative as their new CEO. Paulling arrives at Mid-Carolina after spending 8 years as chief executive at Tri-County.
Paulling will replace Jack Wolfe, Jr., who is retiring on January 18. For 38 years, Wolfe served as president and CEO of Mid-Carolina, overseeing significant growth of the co-op during that time. Mid-Carolina now serves more than 52,000 accounts in Lexington, Richland, Saluda, Aiken and Newberry counties. During his time at Mid-Carolina, Wolfe also served two years as president of the NRECA Board of Directors.
With Paulling's departure, Tri-County Electric Cooperatives board of trustees has tapped Robert Wannamaker as the interim CEO, a position he held from 1984 to 2004.
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Paulling leaves Tri-County Electric to join Mid-Carolina Electric as CEO
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Legislative Guide online
Staying in touch with your elected officials in Columbia and Washington, D.C., is made simpler thanks to the annual legislative guide published by South Carolina Living. This year, you'll also find the guide online, making it easy for co-ops to direct local schools and civic organizations to a downloadable version.
Co-op staff can provide this link as a self-service tool for additional copies of the issue.
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Apply now for 2013 Youth Tour
Have a child or grandchild who's a rising high school senior? Are you a current co-op employee or trustee? If both answers are yes, your high school student is eligible to apply for this summer's Washington Youth Tour, June 15-20.
Judges will select two students from all received applications to attend this year's trip to our nation's capital. These students will travel with 48 other students who are chosen by their local electric cooperatives. Click here to download the application. Deadline is Friday, February 1.
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