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Any vendor can sell you a technology product; NRTC’s focus is helping you implement technology solutions.

Deploying or expanding a broadband network requires design, engineering, and large-scale project management expertise. Without those, a multi-million-dollar project can quickly spiral out of control – behind schedule and over budget.

Our experienced team can help guide you through the process, starting with design and engineering services that help you build the optimal implementation plan. Our construction and project management expertise can benefit everything from the RFP process to materials procurement. 

If you’re enhancing smart grid infrastructure, NRTC staff can help you determine how new technologies will interface with those you’ve already implemented as well as the operational and billing systems you count on to manage your network and customer experience.

Building and integration is where great technology ideas can turn into major headaches. NRTC’s team can help you avoid those pitfalls by lending its expertise and partnering with you throughout your implementation.

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We're Always Looking for Ways to Help Our Members and Give Our Employees More Ways to Help

Improving our member experience through their technology deployment and operations is one of NRTC’s primary goals. It’s always a plus to find practices that improve efficiency because anything that makes our tasks more efficient usually ends up benefiting our members. Take, for example, the latest endeavor by NRTC Operations Manager Eve Tapscott.

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What Might We Build Together?

Carr Lays Out Plan to Build More Communications Networks Faster

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr gave a speech this afternoon in Sioux Falls, SD, to announce his “Build America” agenda for the coming months. Following the recent establishment of a Republican majority on the Commission, Carr sees an opportunity to move quickly on several reforms. His six-point plan includes ideas to accelerate broadband construction, free spectrum for 5G and satellite broadband, and speed up the elimination of obsolete regulations.

Nuclear-Powered Data Centers Could Lead to Competition for Rural Electrics

Some rural electric providers expect headaches supplying electricity for internet data centers. But many data center owners are planning to build their own electric generation on-site, bypassing the utility. In addition, they hope to attract new manufacturers and other potential rural key accounts to share electric facilities in the same industrial enclave. Most early independent generators likely will run on natural gas, but some investors already have begun small on-site nuclear reactor projects.

Systematic DER Planning Unlocks Answers to Peak Growth Problems

NRTC speakers led two sessions focused on distributed energy resources (DER) during NRECA’s TechAdvantage conference last week. One session discussed how to take a holistic approach to DER analysis to cover specific problems. The session, led by NRTC’s Josh Pepple and Jacob Bailey (above), focused on NRTC’s recent work with Cuivre River Electric Cooperative in Missouri. In the second session, NRTC’s Milt Geiger joined with representatives from DER partner PowerSecure to look at how microgrids are helping utilities serve certain key accounts.

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