Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative Corporation (AVECC) has been awarded $18 million by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to bolster its grid infrastructure and enhance affordable, clean energy delivery to Oklahoma and Arkansas River Valley communities. The funding, part of the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program, will support AVECC’s “Beyond AMI to True […]

Two high-speed internet expansion projects worth $4.8 million were launched Tuesday afternoon in the town of Slick in Creek County by the Oklahoma Broadband Office (OBO) and ecoLINK fiber services.   The projects, funded through $2.9 million in federal grants administered by the OBO coupled with $1.9 million in matching funds from ecoLINK, a subsidiary of […]

Watch a recap of the day’s groundbreaking here! Four projects totaling $27.7 million for high-speed internet expansion were officially launched Wednesday morning near Vinita by the Oklahoma Broadband Office (OBO) and BOLT Fiber, a subsidiary of Northeast Rural Services, Inc., a division of Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative (NOEC). The projects, funded through $22.1 million in […]