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Bob Phillips to Retire as CEO of NRTC
February 17, 2010 [Herndon, VA]—Bob Phillips, President and Chief Executive Officer ofthe National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC), will retire at the end of May 2010, after 32 years of service to the rural utility program and 23 at the helm of NRTC. Phillips made the announcement at the NRTC Annual Meeting on February 14 in Atlanta. [More]

tenKsolar, Inc and NRTC Sign Distribution Agreement
tenKsolar announced today that the company has executed an agreement with the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) for sales of the company’s high output solar photovoltaic systems to rural electric cooperatives.   “Having had firsthand experience with NRTC’s excellent ability to bring technology solutions to market in rural America, I am delighted that NRTC will be representing us,” said Joel Cannon, CEO of tenKsolar. [More]

Clevest Solutions Named in Top 25 “Ready to Rocket” List
Clevest Solutions, provider of mobile field force management solutions, was recently identified in the top 25 of the “Ready to Rocket” list of technology companies. Ready to Rocket recognizes British Columbia, Canada-based technology companies who outperform the technology industry as a whole. This year’s list acknowledged companies who grew at an average of 75 percent or greater in 2009, compared to 3 to 4 percent for the entire technology industry. [More]

Blue Grass Energy Announces Smart Grid Partners
On Feb. 12, 2010, Blue Grass Energy, an NRTC member based in Nicholasville, KY, announced that it had partnered with NRTC, CURRENT Group and Beckwith Electric to deploy Volt/VAR Control and Dynamic Voltage Optimization technologies, both components of a smarter grid. “By leveraging strong relationships with industry leaders such as CURRENT Group, Beckwith Electric and NRTC, we are in a strong position to continue to deliver market-leading, state-of-the-art intelligent distribution solutions to utilities such as Blue Grass Energy that help them cost effectively and quickly deploy smart grid today and realize ongoing benefits to consumers and the environment from these investments for years to come,” said Tom Beckwith, CEO of Beckwith Electric. [More]