Federal disaster assistance is often vital for rural communities that lack the resources to recover from severe storms on their own. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) is now leading the charge to reform the process.
CEO Jim Matheson joins us to explain some of the main discrepancies with the current state of federal disaster assistance for rural America and why this is so important to electric co-ops, which provide enhanced disaster assistance for these rural communities which often lack access to vital resources.