Texas Co-op Power

Try this, just for a minute: Lights off, ear buds out, thumbs off your smart phones, set the games aside. Now close your eyes. Strange, quiet world, isn't it? That was life 24/7 about 75 years ago, when most of Texas was unplugged. There was nothing to plug into—no electrical service except for in the big cities.

To really capture what that was like, we're challenging students to find local people who remember those days and what it was like to get electricity for the first time. Produce a 5- to 10-minute interview with a person who experienced that moment and capture their recollections surrounding that time. Think about what having electricity meant for this person, for your town, for Texas. Enter your video in the Texas Co-op Power 2013 Co-op Teens Power Texas video contest and you could win $1,500.