Monthly Resource Guide
For July 2021
Publications & Communications
It is Electrical Safety Month! Don’t forget about all the great member materials available to you, including five short animated videos, graphics (including a Safety Sadie word search!), and social media resources about the observance.

What’s so smart about smart meters? Let us help you answer that question with NEW attention-getting graphics that include what smart meters are, statistics on how many have been installed across the U.S., and information about how they differ from the analog/dial versions. Also in this Monthly Resource Guide, you can preview member resources about LED bulbs and renewable energy, as well as an article that explains the power grid.
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Videos
Features what to do if contact is made,
including exiting the cab safely.
Video: Power Sources
Teach everyone on the farm or
ranch about potential hazards.
Graphics & Artwork
Infographic: Change Your Habits
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Social Media Resources
July's Social Media Package includes images, graphics, and sample posts with webpage links. Topics include LED bulbs, renewable energy, copper theft and more! You can download one, several, or the complete package.
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Articles
Renewable Energy: it helps power our world
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Renewable energy is continuous energy supplied by natural resources. This type of energy is “naturally replenishing but flow limited,” according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
The benefits of LEDs: A rising star in energy savings
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Many of us might recall that way back in 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) passed the Energy and Independence Act. Well, actually, you probably don’t remember that at all. What you probably remember is watching the news a few years later and realizing the future of incandescent bulbs was quite dim.
Bonus article: What is the power grid?
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When thousands or millions of people go without power during widespread outages, it seems like discussions turn toward the power grid. But what exactly is the power grid, and how does it work? 
Member Spotlight
Check out how some members are using resources:
Cody Conrady Farm Safety video, Waverly Utilities, Iowa
National Safe Digging Month social media graphic, Coweta-Fayette EMC, Ga.
Know What To Do – Auto Accident with Power Lines infographic, Hendricks Power Cooperative, Ind.
Electric Lineworkers: What they wear infographic, Prairie Land Electric Cooperative, Kan.
Safe Electricity Updates
We'll walk through the Safe Electricity website resources together. Register for a webinar today:
Safe Boating Week
The Sea Tow Foundation will be releasing a resource kit to help promote National Safe Boating Week, which is May 22-28. If you have a lot of boaters in your service area or you would just like to help promote safe boating, see details about the campaign, which will be posted May 6. Here is a video with more information as well. The foundation also has a Sober Skipper campaign and a life jacket loaner program.
Questions about resources or your membership?
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