GreyStone Power Corporation recently received recognition in the national 2025 Spotlight on Excellence Awards program and the Cooperative Communicators Association’s (CCA) annual awards ceremony.
The Spotlight on Excellence Awards program, sponsored by the Council of Rural Electric Communicators (CREC) and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), recognized winners during the CONNECT conference, a national conference for communications and marketing professionals, held in Kansas City, Missouri, this past May. GreyStone received a Silver Award in the Best Special Publication – Small category for the “GreyStone Youth Opportunities” handout. Anitra Ellison, public relations and communications coordinator, created the award-winning publication.
GreyStone’s five student winners will be among 115 Georgia high school students during the event, which is set for June 13-20 and begins with a gathering in Atlanta before departing for Washington, D.C.
During the CCA annual awards ceremony, held during the 2025 CCA Institute, June 1-3 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, GreyStone received a second place award in the programs and projects category of cooperative education for the GreyStone Power podcast. Emily Young, digital media specialist, is the host of the award-winning podcast. Additionally, GreyStone received a first place award in the publications category of online/electronic newsletter for the Connect newsletter and a publications Best of Show award for the Connect newsletter. Ellison also created the award-winning publication.
The annual Spotlight on Excellence Awards program recognizes the best communication and marketing efforts by electric cooperatives and related organizations. Entrants competed with electric cooperatives of similar size in 20 categories. Electric cooperative communicators and marketing professionals submitted more than 650 entries in the Spotlight on Excellence program. Faculty members from the University of Missouri – Columbia and University of South Carolina, as well as noted professionals in the fields of marketing, web design, digital communications and newspapers judged the event, which uses a finite scoring system to determine the winners.
The CREC was organized in 1982, and seeks to advance the recognition, education and professionalism of electric cooperative communicators and their affiliated organizations. This volunteer association works on behalf of more than 4,000 electric cooperative communicators across the United States.
CCA is the only professional communications organization dedicated to serving those associated with member-owned businesses. The three-day educational program included a variety of professional development sessions, ranging from effectively connecting with cooperative members to photography and video product tips and sustainability workshops.
GreyStone Power is a member-owned cooperative providing electricity and related services to more than 134,000 members in eight counties, including portions of Paulding, Douglas, Fulton, Cobb, Carroll, Bartow, Fayette and Coweta counties. Learn more at www.greystonepower.com.
Photo: GreyStone Digital Media Specialist Emily Young and GreyStone PR and Communications Coordinator Anitra Ellison with their 2025 Spotlight on Excellence Award and 2025 CCA Awards.