Peer experience
The insights shared in CORD come from cooperatives living these problems day to day.
CORD
CORD: A working group for the people building the future of the grid
Cooperative Operations Research and Development (CORD) brings together staff from distribution and G&T cooperatives across the country to share, learn, and work through the real challenges of running a modern co-op grid. We meet monthly. Every co-op is welcome.
A collaborative group of cooperatives shaping modern grid software
Every month, cooperative staff — program managers, engineers, operations leads — get on a call and talk honestly about what they're working through. Over 55 distribution and G&T cooperatives have contributed to the conversation so far. We're always looking for more.
Sometimes you feel like you're on an island alone because you specialize in something that no one else you work with even knows about. CORD is the one place where I'm talking to other folks who get it, who get what I'm dealing with.
A place to not feel like an island
Co-op staff often specialize in things no one else at their utility understands. CORD is where you find the people who get it.
Real conversations
Monthly sessions, clear takeaways, real progress. We're not here to fill a calendar.
Collaboration over competition
We foster an environment where cooperatives share openly and learn from each other. If Texture isn't the right solution for a particular challenge, we'll help you find what is.
Inside Edition 01
Cooperatives have long been quiet leaders in grid technology. But scale cuts both ways as the grid gets more complex.
- Drawn from monthly CORD working sessions, not outside analysis
- Real pricing, savings, and tooling problems co-ops are working through
- What worked, what didn't, from the members who lived it
Past recordings
Catch up on previous CORD working group sessions and webinars.
May 2026 CORD Working Group
April 2026 CORD Working Group
March 2026 CORD Webinar
Want to join the group?
If you're part of a cooperative and interested in joining CORD, we'd love to hear from you. Tell us about your cooperative and how you'd like to participate.
About Texture
CORD is facilitated by Texture. We build grid operations software for electric cooperatives, and we started CORD because we wanted to understand co-op challenges before we tried to solve them.