Members of the Sullivan County Rural Electric Cooperative (SCREC) communications staff were recognized during the 2025 Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association (PREA) Communications Awards Ceremony, held October 1 in Harrisburg. The program is sponsored by the statewide organization representing 13 electric cooperatives in Pennsylvania and one in New Jersey.

                Awards were presented by Pete Fitzgerald, vice president, public affairs and member services, and Colleen Taylor, a regional vice president for the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation.

SCREC received two Awards of Excellence, Best Website and the Craig Harting Leadership Award, for the Penn Lines article titled “Your Cooperative’s Vision,” by SCREC CEO John Lykens. The co-op was also awarded an Honorable Mention for Best News Story published in Penn Lines, “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” by Cooperative Communicator Sarah Parrish.

The awards program was held in conjunction with the 2025 PREA Strategic Communications Forum. During the day-and-a-half educational event, cooperative communicators reviewed challenges facing the electric grid, heard an overview of the state and national budget impasses, received a primer on data centers, and discussed new approaches to annual meetings.

Fourteen representatives from 11 Pennsylvania and New Jersey cooperatives attended the forum. Representing SCREC was Sarah Parrish.

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