TROY, PA (July 26, 2022) — Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative members unanimously elected three incumbents to the board of directors during the cooperative’s 2022 Annual Meeting held today at the Troy Fairgrounds. Tri-County members re-elected incumbent directors Valery J. Robbins of Coudersport, Alfred Calkins of Troy and Gerald A. “Arnie” Kriner of Liberty to represent Districts 2, 6 and 8, respectively, on the co-op board. All three ran unopposed in their re-election bids. More than 1,100 cooperative members registered for…

MANSFIELD, PA (July 1, 2022) — Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative and CoBank have teamed up to award $6,000 to the Northern Tier Camp Cadet program. A $3,000 donation from Tri-County, matched by a $3,000 donation from CoBank, one the cooperative’s lenders, will help offset costs of operating the summer camp, which is held at Mansfield University each June. “Thank you to Tri-County Electric for donating to Northern Tier Camp Cadet,” said trooper Lauren Lesher, community service officer for Pennsylvania State…

MANSFIELD, Pa. (June 9, 2022) — The Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative Board of Directors has promoted two employees to fill the vacant chief executive officer position at the cooperative. Rachel Hauser and Aaron Young were appointed to serve as the cooperative’s co-CEOs during the board’s May 24 monthly meeting. “The Tri-County board wanted to chart a course with energetic leadership who will guide the cooperative for many years to come,” said Gerald A. “Arnie” Kriner, chairman of the Tri-County Board…

MANSFIELD, Pa. (Feb. 4, 2021) — The Federal Communications Commission has awarded Tri-Co Connections, the broadband internet subsidiary of Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative, $1.1 million in annual support for 10 years to bring fiber-optic internet service to portions of Potter, Tioga, Bradford and Lycoming counties. The funding was awarded through the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, which took place in November. Tri-Co Connections began deploying its fiber-optic system in 2019 as part of a 6-year project to make…