Now Accepting Nominations for Rappahannock Electric Cooperative Board of Directors

Fredericksburg, Va. — Three positions on Rappahannock Electric Cooperative’s (REC) Board of Directors are now open for nominations. Director elections will be held in 2025 in the following regions:

REGION I
The counties of Frederick and Shenandoah, the portion of Page County located north of U.S. Route 211, and the portions of Warren County and Rappahannock County west of U.S. Route 522.
Currently represented by Michael W. Lindsay

REGION VI
Caroline County
Currently represented by Linda R. Gray

REGION VII
Louisa County
Currently represented by J. Mark Wood

To become a candidate, you must be an REC member-owner as defined under Article I of the REC Bylaws. You must also reside in the region that you wish to represent as provided under Article IV of the REC Bylaws. For further details on director qualifications and the nomination procedures, please review Article IV of REC’s Bylaws in the Governance and Document Center on REC’s website, myrec.coop.

To obtain the candidate nomination packet, visit myrec.coop/directorelections, email directorelections@myrec.coop or call 540-891-5889. The completed nomination materials and petition must be returned to the office of REC’s president by 5 p.m. on May 2, 2025.

REC’s Bylaws require that any member-owner who seeks election to the Board of Directors submit a nomination petition signed by at least 25 REC member-owners. Member-owners signing the nomination petition can be from any of REC’s nine regions.

Nomination petitions will be distributed by Assistant Secretary to the Board, Whitney Watts, electronically or by scheduling an appointment to pick up the petition in person. To request the nomination petition, email directorelections@myrec.coop or call 540-891-5889.

No nominations can be accepted at the Annual Meeting in August.

For more information, visit myrec.coop/directorelections.


Serving more than 181,000 connections across 22 Virginia counties, REC is a pillar in its communities, with over 18,000 miles of power lines extending from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay. For more information on REC’s initiatives, visit www.myrec.coop and follow REC on Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube.