Annually, you provide NRECA with your cooperative’s payroll dates, which are then used to ensure timely submissions of employee contributions, loan repayments and employer matching contributions to the 401(k) Pension Plan. When submitting contributions and loan repayments through the new[…]

Effective September 30, 2026, the 401(k) Pension Plan’s loan interest rate, which is set quarterly at 1% more than the nation’s prime interest rate, will increase to 8%. Things you and your employees should consider about loansIf your cooperative offers[…]

Each year, NRECA invoices each participating cooperative directly for its 401(k) Pension Plan employer-paid expenses. To help co-ops plan for their 2027 expenses, an estimate of this expense is prepared for each co-op by subgroup. An email containing co-op-specific estimates[…]

This weekend will begin the final steps of the 401(k) Pension Plan’s administration transition. To allow for these activities, certain administrative functions will be unavailable on the NRECA Employee Benefits website as well as cooperative and participant 401(k) account information.[…]

As a reminder, NRECA is prompting all users of cooperative.com and the Employee Benefits website to confirm or update their mobile phone numbers, and benefit plan participants will be asked to consent to the use of this phone number for[…]