Youth Outreach

Win the trip of a lifetime to Washington, D.C.!
2024 Youth Tour applications now available!

Every year, we  sponsor the Government in Action Youth Tour, where two attendees win a trip to Washington, D.C. During this educational and inspirational journey, attendees will take VIP tours of the monuments and speak with our legislators about NRECA priorities. The Electric Cooperative Youth Tour has brought high school students to Washington, D.C. every June since 1964. Nearly 50,000 students from rural areas and small towns across America have participated in this program. The Youth Tour is open to all 11th grade students whose parent/guardian is an NEC Co-op Energy member. This essay contest gives students the opportunity to prepare an essay on a defined topic and be considered to win a special trip to Washington, D.C.

Essays must be 400-600 words in length, typed and double-spaced on the topic of: “How do you think Electric Cooperatives, such as Nueces Electric Cooperative, have helped to support energizing our members futures?” All essays become NEC property.

PLUS: Each Youth Tour winner will also receive a $1,000 scholarship, should they attend an accredited Texas college or university.

Trip Dates: June 16-23, 2024

Application Deadline: Wednesday, January 31st, 2024

—->To apply online visit our Youth Tour Application page.

NEC Scholarship Program.
2024 applications now available!

Each year, NEC Co-op Energy awards scholarships to graduating high school seniors who are dependents of NEC Co-op Energy members and meet the eligibility requirements set forth on the application form. Funding for this scholarship program comes from unclaimed NEC capital credits. Unclaimed capital credits for NEC members are sent to the Texas comptroller. NEC applies annually to the comptroller to receive a portion of the funds back to support this scholarship program for students who plan to pursue studies at a Texas institution of higher learning approved by the Office of the Texas Comptroller.

Deadline to apply is Saturday, February 10th, 2024 by 5:00 p.m.

The scholarships to be awarded during this school year are:

2-Year/Vocational
School Scholarships

Two (2) – $2,000 scholarships
$500 per semester during the first (1) year of qualifying higher learning at the community college or vocational school level.

Download 2-Year
Scholarship Application

4-Year
Scholarships

Ten (10) – $1,000 scholarships
Two (2) – $4,000 scholarships
(1 grand prize Ramiro De La Paz Scholarship and 1 John L. Sims Scholarship)
distributed over the length of 4-year college education, $500 per semester

 

Download 4-Year
Scholarship Application

Lineworker Scholarships

Two (2) – $5,000 scholarships
distributed upon graduation from qualifying Lineman’s College

Download Lineman’s
Scholarship Application

—->To apply online visit our Scholarship Application page.