Delaware Electric Cooperative has named Rob Book as its acting president and chief executive officer. Book was selected for the top job by the co-op’s board of directors in November. He previously served the Greenwood-based co-op as senior vice.
The Delaware Electric Cooperative has its second new CEO in just over a year. Rob Book takes over as president and CEO of the member-owned electric utility that powers more than 112,000 homes, farms and businesses in Kent and Sussex Counties. He replaces Greg Starheim, who stepped in when Bill Andrew retired in July 2021, after 16 years at the helm; now Starheim is retiring.
Delaware Electric Cooperative will host its annual meeting, community fair and chicken dinner starting at 3 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 16, in the Centre Ice Rink at the Delaware State Fairgrounds in Harrington. The business meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the.
Delaware Electric Cooperative recently announced that 2021 was its most reliable year ever. Members experienced fewer outages in 2021 and, when they did occur, employees restored electric service in record time. The average outage in 2021 lasted 53.
Seven new utility-scale solar projects will begin providing clean energy to Delaware Electric Cooperative members over the next three years. The nonprofit utility has announced it will purchase power produced at solar facilities to be built across.