Former Democratic Utah congressman vows to maintain members' perspective of group's rural electric cooperative utilities Matheson Former Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah) plans to bring a collaborative, grassroots focus to the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association when he becomes CEO next month, and to make it the pre-eminent voice for the utility industry. As a Democrat from a red state, Matheson built a reputation for working across the aisle. "It's critical to actually be almost nonpartisan in your approach, and fortunately that's where NRECA is on its policy positions in almost all cases," Matheson told CEO Update. Matheson will take leadership of the $203… Read More