GreenDreams - Pedernales Electric Coop Revolution

This is a personal documentary - the story of the Pedernales Electric Cooperative revolution. In 2006, the co-op was a corrupt dynasty, run by a self-serving, self-perpetuating board of directors and an authoritarian, self-dealing general manager (who has recently been convicted on several counts). When I called to find out what sort of green programs were offered, I found that the co-op was wrong-headed about that too. That 2006 phone call was the beginning of what was to be a major shake-up at the organization. After telling the revolution story, the second half of this video explores a few electric co-ops that are doing it right.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• PEC
• Pedernales Electric
• cooperative
• solar
• photovoltaic
• member revolt
• green
• energy
• power
• activists
• corruption
• community
• organizing
• wind
• delta
• montrose
• kit
• carson
• springer
• association
• coop
• conversations
• Ric
• Sternberg