Fredericksburg, Va. - Member-owners of Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) were able to connect directly with President and CEO John Hewa during a Telephone Town Hall event, which was held on Thursday, June 24.

REC invited a random sample of 50,000 member-owners to participate in the call. More than 12,000 members accepted the call to participate.

Hewa was able to answer 16 questions live during the event, which lasted just over an hour. At any given moment, there were nearly 100 members in line ready to ask questions. At the conclusion of the call, over 50 voicemails were left with follow-up questions.

Members asked questions about such topics as reliability, the outage restoration process, solar and REC’s power supply, electric vehicle charging, high bills, MyREC SmartHub and broadband.

REC hosts these opportunities for members to be able to ask questions directly to the Cooperative’s President and CEO, and for members to hear some of the same information that will shared at the upcoming Annual Meeting, which will be held virtually on Aug. 11. Members who did not have their questions answered live and those who left a voicemail received follow-up calls from REC’s management team and other REC leaders.

• To learn more about REC’s upcoming Annual Meeting and how to participate in the Board elections, please visit myrec.coop/AnnualMeeting.

REC provides electric service to over 170,000 connections in parts of 22 Virginia counties. With its general office in Fredericksburg, Va., the Cooperative operates and maintains more than 17,000 miles of power lines through its service area, which ranges from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the tidal waters of the Chesapeake Bay. For more information about REC, please visit www.myrec.coop. Follow REC on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.