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Rural Electric Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. PGEC in the Community ROC Solid Partnership Round Up for Education Youth Programs & Scholarships VMDAEC Scholarship Youth Tour Adopt-A-Highway Program 2026 Youth Tour Dates: June 15-19, 2026 This program is open to all high school, and home-schooled sophomores and juniors in the Prince George Electric Cooperative service areas whose parent(s) or guardian(s) are members of PGEC. Participants must complete an application form and write a brief essay. Students selected for the four available Rural Electric Youth Tour spots sponsored by PGEC will join over 1,500+ high school students from the U.S. to learn about electric cooperatives, American history, and the United States government. Students will also visit the historic sites of the nation’s capital and get a chance to meet with their congressional leaders. Representing PGEC on this trip is an excellent way to bolster college applications. Students will interact with students across Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the United States. Please email your completed application and essay to Brittany Tann, (btann@pgec.coop ) with the subject line “2026 Youth Tour Application.”

< Back Enhanced outage communications are at your fingertips Jan 9, 2024 While your cooperative works year-round to ensure the reliability of our system. However, when an outage cannot be prevented, Prince George Electric Cooperative wants to make sure members have the power at their fingertips to communicate and receive updates. That’s why your co-op is encouraging members to take advantage of its outage text communications if their home or business loses power. Outage text communications allows members to: Report their outage by texting “OUT” to 855-939-3608. Receive confirmation that PGEC is aware of an outage in your area. Receive notification when your power has been restored. Signing up is easy! The enrollment process for outage texting is also easy. Members can sign up via SmartHub. Sign into your PGEC SmartHub account and add up to two mobile phone numbers under “Manage Account”. Please note that your cell phone plan’s standard text messaging and data rates apply. Previous Next

< Back Local seniors receive $3,000 in co-op scholarships Aug 19, 2024 Three local high school seniors are the proud recipients of $1,000 scholarships courtesy of the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives Education Scholarship for High School Seniors. Each year, the Education Scholarship Foundation awards $1,000 scholarships to deserving high school seniors whose parents or legal guardian are members of one of the 15 electric cooperatives served by VMDAEC. The 2024 scholarship recipients are: Gabriel Jenkins – Prince George High School Jamel Jenkins – Prince George High School Christian Philpot – The Grace Academy Gabriel, Jamel and Christian are among 65 students who are receiving $1,000 awards in honor of Worth Hudson, the first chairman of the VMDAEC Education Scholarship Foundation Board. “It warms my heart each time I see co-ops taking an active role in the development of our local youth,” says Brittany Tann, the co-op’s senior communications specialist. “Thanks to the intentional generosity of the Foundation, three more students in the co-op’s territory are one step closer to achieving their post-secondary education dreams.” A combination of weighted criteria is used in the selection process: 40% financial need; 40% academic achievement; and 20% personal statement. Funds can be applied towards tuition, student fees, room and board, or textbooks. Want to be a part of this great initiative? Get more information on donating to the Foundation at www.vmdaec.com/scholarship . For more information about how Prince George Electric Cooperative invests in the community, visit pgec.coop . Previous Next

Who Are We? At Prince George Electric Cooperative, we are more than just an electric company. We're your neighbors, friends, and family. We're dedicated to providing safe, reliable, and affordable service while being connected to the communities we serve. Our History In December 1938, a group of leaders in the rural Disputanta area of Virginia acted on a vision of improved quality of life that residents in the rural areas of the state should have by having access to electric power, just like people in the cities. Consequently, Prince George Electric Cooperative was issued a charter by the State Corporation Commission on January 1, 1939. In August 1940, REA lines were electrified to serve about 300 customers over 165 miles of power lines in the rural areas of Prince George and Sussex counties. It was the first-time houses, many that had been wired for months, were able to offer the comforts of automatic overhead light and running water. Rural residents of Surry County requested that power lines be built to serve them also. The first Cooperative office was located in an old store in Disputanta in Prince George County - hence the name Prince George Electric Cooperative. In 1946, the office moved to a store in Waverly and built offices and a warehouse on its current location on Highway 460 in 1951. That site was renovated and expanded in 2004. The Cooperative has grown from that vision and now serves over 12,000 meters along 1,300 miles of power lines in 6 counties. Our members include residences, small and large businesses, large load commercial and industrial accounts, agriculture, public schools, and churches. Voluntary and Open Membership. Cooperatives are open to anyone able to use their services and willing to accept the responsibilities of membership. There is no discrimination based on gender, social status, race, political affiliation or religion. Democratic Member Control. Cooperatives are controlled directly by their members. Elected representatives are accountable to the membership, and members are expected to participate actively. Members' Economic Participation. Members control the capital of their cooperative and are expected to operate as a not-for-profit organization. If there is a surplus in capital, it is used to fund improvements or expansion, or it is credited to members. Autonomy and Independence. Cooperatives are autonomous, democratic and always controlled by members. Education, Training, and Information. Cooperatives educate and train their members so they will continue to grow and improve. They also inform legislators and the public about the benefits and nature of cooperatives. Cooperation Among Cooperatives. The cooperative movement is strengthened by collaboration between cooperative organizations. This can happen at the local, national, and international levels Concern for Community. Cooperatives work for sustainable development in their communities through policies agreed upon by their members.

< Back Co-op Directors Achieve Credentials in Electric Utility Competencies May 20, 2024 WAVERLY, Va – Three directors from Prince George Electric Cooperative recently received the Credentialed Cooperative Director, Director Gold Credentials, and Board Leadership certificates from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us. Previous Next

< Back Check Your Email for A Chance to Give Feedback! May 23, 2025 At Prince George Electric Cooperative, we value our membership. We have launched our Biennial Residential Energy Survey. If you are a PGEC member, this is your opportunity to give your candid feedback about your co-op experience. This survey will ask several questions about your satisfaction with the cooperative and specific programs and services that are exclusive to our members. PGEC conducts this survey every two years to measure your satisfaction with the quality of service provided to you and helps PGEC plan for the future by determining which programs will benefit members most. Your opinion is important to us, and we want to ensure that all members are represented in our final results. If you receive an email invitation to participate, we encourage you to take this opportunity to provide your feedback. Members with email address on file will be sent an email invitation to participate in the survey online anytime between May 21 – June 6, 2025. Be sure to check your email’s spam. The email will come from pgec@smarthub.coop with the subject: “Your Input Matters! Complete Our Energy Survey Today”. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at info@pgec.coop . Previous Next

PGEC in the Community ROC Solid Partnership Round Up for Education Youth Programs & Scholarships VMDAEC Scholarship Youth Tour Adopt-A-Highway Program ROC Solid Partnership Annually, PGEC partners with Community Electric Cooperative for public service collaboration to support ROC Solid Foundation, a Virginia-based, non-profit organization that uplifts children and families fighting cancer. Members of the general public can follow the progress of the cooperatives' ROC Solid assistance at a website page created specifically for this project. 2023 Press Release

PGEC in the Community ROC Solid Partnership Round Up for Education Youth Programs & Scholarships VMDAEC Scholarship Youth Tour Adopt-A-Highway Program Round Up for Education Help local teachers purchase supplies and educational materials for their students. Have your monthly bill rounded up to the next whole dollar with the extra pennies set aside for use by teachers of the area school of your choice! Just provide the following information: Name on Account, Account Number(s), School for Donation and Phone number. Ways to contribute: Sign up via SmartHub Sign up via email: Email the above information to info@pgec.coop. Sign up via mail: Complete the member sign up sheet and mail to P.O. Box 620, Waverly, VA 23890. Round Up Program Policy List of Approved Materials Reimbursement Voucher

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< Back Make room for more décor: Clear your counter one bill at a time May 15, 2024 Members are making more room for centerpieces and tabletop decor thanks to the reduction in paper mail sitting on their countertops. Your electric cooperative encourages members to consider going paperless for their monthly bill statements because there are better things to put on your counters. Join the thousands of members who are experiencing the benefits of: · the ease of receiving and viewing your bill online · having a monthly email sent directly to you when your bill is ready · online access is to see bills and payments · viewing previous statements Coupling paperless billing with Auto Pay or bank draft also allows members to receive their bills online and pay automatically without the hassle of checks and stamps. How can I enroll? To enroll in paperless, simply log into your PGEC SmartHub mobile app. Previous Next

< Back CEO Message: New Year, same commitment Jan 2, 2024 As the New Year dawns, I’d like to extend my well wishes to you and your family. For some, this time is about preparing good luck foods for a year of abundance and for others it’s a time for self-reflection and setting new intentions with achievable resolutions for 2024. Craig D. Lounsbrough once said, “Any new beginning is forged from the shards of the past, not from the abandonment of the past.” As one year welcomes the next, I’d like to take this time to reflect on the past year to assess what was to visualize the year ahead. So, I take this moment to share some of my thoughts with you. Providing our members with safe, reliable, affordable electricity is the reason Prince George Electric Cooperative exists. However, doing that job requires a lot more than building and maintaining power lines throughout our service territory. It requires a commitment to building upon what already exists to forge a path for greatness to come. With this commitment in mind, it’s been a source of great pride that we were able to achieve these major milestones: In an effort to improve the resiliency and reliability of our system, the cooperative has completed its system wide meter upgrade. This upgrade provides “real-time” outage predictions and close to 100 percent automated meter reads. This means that the co-op knows of an outage before a member calls and we can avoid unnecessary truck rolls for important meter information. Keeping with our willingness to advance, the co-op has also begun converting many of our devices from manual to electronic. This will continue to improve our system’s reliability and response time during the outage restoration process. We’ve doubled down on enhancing the quality of lives of our members and community, through RURALBAND – the co-op’s fiber-optic subsidiary. This initiative has made major investments in providing much needed internet services to the unserved and underserved communities for the past five years. To date, we have made internet available to more than 10,000 residents and have connected close to 4,500 homes. This means that we still have more than 5,000 members where service is available to take advantage of. Be sure to pass this message along to your friends, family members and neighbors to ensure they become a part of the fiber family this year. We are also moving forward with projects aimed at making managing your accounts easier. Namely, we encourage members to take advantage of convenient SmartHub tools like paperless billing, AutoPay, bank draft, and outage texting. Members can keep tabs on their usage, monitor billing “real-time”, manage payments hassle-free, and simply text us to report an outage. For more information, visit pgec.coom/smart-hub. As you can see, last year was an exciting time for us. As management looks forward to next year's planning, we continue to create strategic project road maps for 2024 that focuses on streamlining member service operations, improving outage restoration time and advancing the overall reliability of our systems for future load growth and expansion of services. Our strategy is to provide services that create good value for our members and give back to your communities while creating a brighter future for family generations. We will continue to create, improve, adjust, and do whatever we can to ensure that this year is even better than last year for the co-op, and for you, our members. I would personally like to thank our valued members and community partners - we couldn’t be where we are now without such a tremendous level of support from all of you. Wishing each of you a peaceful, happy, and healthy holiday season as we remain committed to a successful 2024. Previous Next

< Back Members’ Generous Donations Help Local Teachers Jan 8, 2025 Last quarter, PGEC made surprise visits to schools in their service territory carrying a big faux check and a camera. Why? To fulfill the mission of the cooperative’s Round Up for Education program. Round Up for Education was created to distribute much-needed funds to local schools to provide teachers with additional funds for supplies and instructional materials. The program collects donations from cooperative members in the form of their monthly bill being rounded up to the next whole dollar. “Those extra pennies go a long way towards impacting the quality of education in the area,” says Brittany Tann, the co-op’s senior communications specialist. “Showing up to each of these schools with the faux check and seeing the looks on students’ and educators’ faces is a testament to what this program is about. We want our local schools to know that we are here as a community partner to do our part in shaping the future generations of leaders.” Surry County High School’s Assistant Principal and Director of School Safety and Security for Surry County Public Schools, Preston L. McKellar, Jr., received one of the surprise visits. “Thank you for the donation to our awesome P.E. Department,” he expressed. Round Up for Education funds in the amount of $239.59 were awarded to Coach Stephen Ross and Coach Monica Gilchrist to purchase equipment. Both coaches have a combined tenure of nearly 50 years. “Coach Ross and Coach Gilchrist recognize the connection between physical activity and mental health, promoting exercise as a way to reduce stress and anxiety. They have always actively motivated students to engage in physical activity, fostering a positive attitude towards fitness.” “As a public school teacher for almost 30 years, 24 of those years in Prince George, it is always a challenge to prepare for each new group of students to be sure all things are in place for the class to function. Thanks to PGEC, my reading area came together beautifully! With funds from PGEC, I was able to get a classroom carpet that is large enough for the whole class to use at one time! Reading centers and story time will be so much nicer with the carpet! The students will enjoy free time and reading time on the carpet.... thanks so very much!” - MaryEllen Flickinger, 4th grade teacher (South Elementary) “Our goal for the equipment is to encourage healthy physical, social and emotional activity. All of which are Virginia Department of Education Standards of Learning. Commonly referred to as SOLs.” - Coach Stephen Ross and Coach Monica Gilcrest For more information about the Round Up for Education program and how you can participate, visit www.pgec.coop/round-up . Previous Next