The Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives has urged Congress to oppose dramatic increases in postal rates, warning that they could have an adverse effect on electric cooperatives and the members they serve.
In a letter to members of the Virginia and Maryland congressional delegations, VMDAEC President and CEO Richard G. Johnstone Jr. said planned increases of 6 percent to 8.5 percent represent a substantial burden in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic crisis.
The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors is scheduled to decide on the increases later this month. The new rates would take effect this summer and are in addition to a 1.5 percent increase that took effect on Jan. 24.
The Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives has urged Congress to oppose dramatic increases in postal rates, warning that they could have an adverse effect on electric cooperatives and the members they serve.
 In a letter to members of the Virginia and Maryland congressional delegations, VMDAEC President and CEO Richard G. Johnstone Jr. said planned increases of 6% to 8.5% represent a substantial burden in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic crisis.Â
The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors is scheduled to decide on the increases later this month. The new rates would take effect this summer and are in addition to a 1.5% increase that took effect on Jan. 24.Â
The Board of Directors of the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives has selected Brian S. Mosier as the associationâs next president and CEO, effective April 1.
Mosier will succeed Richard G. Johnstone Jr., who is retiring after a 36-year career with the association, the last 22 as general manager and then president and CEO.
Mosier has been with VMDAEC since 2013, first as vice president of government affairs and later as vice president of member and government relations. He was promoted to chief operating officer in 2019.
His 25-year career with electric cooperatives began in 1995 with Union Power Cooperative in North Carolina, where he managed the cooperativeâs for-profit subsidiary. In 2004, he joined Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative in Chase City, Va. as vice president of business development.