Political Action Committees
A tradition of helping candidates who support rural electrification
The Alaska Committee for the Advancement of Rural Electrification (AK CARE) was organized by Alaska's electric cooperative leaders in 1985.
Every year, ACRE, the political action committee of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), returns a percentage of contributions to states from which the donations were raised. In Alaska, national funds are combined with AK CARE donations to help support selected State Senate and House of Representatives candidates. AK CARE contributions are for candidates who support rural electrification efforts that benefit more than a half-million Alaska electric consumers. AK CARE is nonpartisan and makes contributions on the basis of a candidate's support for positions and policies endorsed by the membership of Alaska Power Association.
The Action Committee for Rural Electrification (ACRE®) is NRECA's political action committee. ACRE was formed in 1966 with the mission of making the voice of rural electric cooperative consumers heard in the U.S. Congress. Currently, ACRE is among the top 100 largest PACs in the nation with more than 30,000 individuals contributing. ACRE is truly a grassroots roots PAC. Nearly 6,000 NRECA members, who are electric co-op consumer-owners, have joined the ACRE Co-op Owners for Political Action Committee®!
The primary purpose of ACRE is to advance the legislative goals of electric cooperatives across the country. ACRE makes campaign contributions to candidates for Congress who support electric cooperative goals, who share electric cooperative values, and who want electric cooperatives to be successful.
ACRE raises personal, voluntary contributions from NRECA's eligible membership. Federal law prohibits soliciting contributions from individuals other than NRECA and member-systems' eligible employees, boards of directors, consumer-owners and the family of such individuals. Contributions from ineligible individuals will be returned. For more information on the ACRE program or eligibility to participate, please contact Mike Whelan, ACRE Manager, at 703-907-5826 or mike.whelan@nreca.coop.
For details on how to join Alaska Power Association's AK CARE and ACRE efforts, or to obtain contribution forms, contact the Director of Member and Public Relations or the Executive Coordinator at (907) 771-5700.
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Contributions to the NRECA Action Committee for Rural Electrification® (ACRE®) or to the Alaska Committee for the Advancement of Rural Electrification (AK CARE) are not tax deductible. Contributions to either PAC are voluntary and will be used for political purposes. You have the right to refuse to contribute without reprisal. Any contribution guidelines are merely suggestions. You are free to contribute more or less than the suggested amounts, or not at all. NRECA or APA will not favor or disadvantage anyone by reason of the amount contributed or a decision not to contribute.