Root of the Matter

ROTM: Keeping The Lights On In Rural America
Mike Partin serves as the CEO of the Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative and was recently elected president of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Board of Directors. He also farms beef cattle on the side with his father back home. With growing demand on the electric grid from Tennessee’s rising population and emerging artificial intelligence hubs, Mike sees the urgency to beef up the power grid across the country—especially in rural America.