Arkansas Electric Cooperative Uses Foundation to Fund COE MEERC

The College of Engineering Electrical Engineering department has provided the leadership to establish a regional energy consortium:  Midwest Energy Efficiency Research Consortium (MEERC).  This consortium of academia, industry and government is formed to disseminate information, create academic training and advance development of energy efficiency technologies.  As part of their decision to join this regional MEERC effort, the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation provided $25,000 in funding through the UMCOE Foundation to apply to the MEERC program.  As with the 2012 Scholarship Campaign, the Board of Directors voted to transfer the entire amount of the contribution without deducting any Foundation overhead fees.