type cooperative federation location arlington virginia united states key people jim bausell website touchstoneenergy.com touchstone energy cooperatives is a cooperative federation composed of more than 750 local consumer owned utility cooperatives in 46 of the 50 united states . touchstone energy co ops serve more than 30 million members . touchstone energy was founded in 1998 . most of its members are also members of the national rural electric cooperative association . the federation includes both generation and transmission cooperatives and distribution cooperatives . more than 88 % of touchstone energy s local electric co ops generate at least a portion of their electricity from renewable resources . 1 contents 1 philanthropy 2 legal settlement 3 references 4 see also 5 external links philanthropy edit touchstone energy s north carolina cooperatives established the bright ideas grant program in 1993 . the program provides educational grants of up to 3000 for teachers in north carolina who fund classroom based projects out of their own pockets . 2 legal settlement edit in july 2010 an agreement was reached between the epa and hoosier energy to reduce emissions that are regulated under the clean air act . the agreement covers a civil penalty and a commitment to upgrade the air pollution controls at two power plants in indiana merom generating station and frank e. ratts generating station . 3 references edit touchstone energy about us retrieved june 20 2013 . nc s touchstone energy cooperatives award 540k in bright ideas grant monies . carolina newswire . november 10 2005 . hoosier energy agreement marks 20th settlement under epa s power plant enforcement initiative epa july 23 2010 . see also edit national rural electric cooperative association nreca external links edit official website this article about a united states company or corporation involved in the energy industry is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this virginia related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title touchstone energy & oldid 732316194 categories electric cooperatives of the united statescooperative federationsorganizations established in 1998organizations based in arlington county virginiaunited states energy company stubsvirginia stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 31 july 2016 at 03 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view