SCHUMER SECURES $400K FOR NEW DELAWARE COUNTY LINE-WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM; SENATOR SAYS FED $$$ WILL POWER WORKFORCE TRAINING FOR HUNDREDS OF GOOD-PAYING JOBS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER AND UPSTATE NY

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"Delaware County Electric Cooperative has long helped provide affordable electricity to our farms, families, and businesses in rural communities like here in Delaware County and across the Southern Tier. That is why after standing with our Delaware County linemen earlier this year I promised to fight to deliver resources to help grow their line-worker training program -- not only helping to connect workers to good-paying jobs, but also supporting DCEC's services to lower utility costs for our rural NY families. This $400,000 federal investment will supercharge the tremendous work of DCEC in partnership with SUNY Delhi to create a training program that will provide line workers with the skills necessary for jobs maintaining and modernizing electric infrastructure in rural communities across the Southern Tier. I will continue to fight to deliver the funding to help our rural electric co-ops get the support they need to power this vital resource for rural communities across the Southern Tier and Mohawk Valley."

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