DRIPPING SPRINGS — With the help of a $21,795 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) and Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC), Rambo Masonic Lodge. No. 426 will soon install new energy-efficient windows in its 141-year-old building within the historic district in downtown Dripping Spr...

‘Chispas’ is the Spanish word for ‘sparks.’ Here are some things that have sparked us this week!   HYBSA (Hays Youth Baseball and Softball Association) teams score big 10U Hays Braves. Photo courtesy of Courtnie Ortega. Going on to represent the 10U Hays Braves as the 2022 Mustang All Stars team at ...

By Brittany Anderson Solar-power users within the Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) service area will soon face changes to their bill. The PEC board of directors unanimously voted during the regular meeting on Dec. 17 to approve a new solar interconnection rate called Sustainable Power Credit af...

Staff Report The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is asking residents to conserve electricity through June 18 as grid conditions tighten. There has been a number of forced generation outages along with potential record electric use for the month of June. The peak load forecast for June ...

PEC Board of Director voting begins May 20, for members in districts 2, 3 and 4. Early voting will remain open through June 12. By voting in PEC’s annual board election, members get to weigh in on leaders who will represent their interests at the cooperative. The following board candidates are runni...

At its regular meeting, the Pedernales Electric Cooperative’s (PEC) Board of Directors discussed its continued response to COVID-19. PEC activated its Emergency Operations Plan and took steps to mitigate risks, which included closing its offices to member interactions and having eligible staff work ...

Available at PEC offices and partnering locations KYLE, Texas — Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) wants to make it easy for its members and communities to help save monarch butterflies, which is why it is offering complimentary packets of pollinator seed mix at any PEC office and partnering loca...

Submitted Report Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) is offering 10 local high school students the opportunity to visit the nation’s capital next summer as part of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s 2020 Youth Tour program. Applications are now open. Each summer, PEC’s teen dele...

Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) is offering 10 local high school students the opportunity to visit the nation’s capital next summer as part of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s 2020 Youth Tour program. Applications are now open. Each summer, PEC’s teen delegates join more t...

P EC board member Jim Powers has just resigned, apparently because of conflicts of interest that he failed to manage, and the episode raises troubling questions that need to be addressed by our electric power co-op. Powers is a former Hays County judge, and a prominent Republican who had previously ...