Each year North Plains Electric Cooperative selects two high school students from around our service area to attend the annual National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) Government-In-Action Youth Tour in Washington, D.C.  While in our Nation’s capitol students meet with their Congressman and tour the U.S. Capitol Building, Library of Congress, and Supreme Court.  Participants also visit the monuments and memorials along with the Holocaust Museum, Arlington National Cemetery, the Washington National Cathedral, and Mount Vernon just to name a few.

Applicants must have completed your sophomore year of high school to attend the Youth Tour. Winners are selected based on their application and through an interview process.

Government-In-Action Youth Tour

2019 TEC Youth Tour: The Next Generation from Texas Youth Tour on Vimeo.

2021 Government-in-Action Youth Tour

In 2021, NPEC has decided to continue the tradition and hold the contest for ANY graduating senior in Hansford, Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Hutchinson, Roberts, Hemphill and Wheeler counties. NPEC will provide the TWO winners that would have participated in the 2021 Youth Tour a scholarship in the amount of $3,000.00 to help jump start their continuing education. The scholarship can be used for costs associated with attending any college or trade school beginning in the fall of 2021 and split between the fall and spring sessions equally. 

Eligibility:

• You must be a high school senior.

  • High school or home schooled in: Hansford, Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Hutchinson, Roberts, Hemphill and Wheeler counties.

Contest Rules:
• Participants will be required to appear before an independent panel of judges to discuss any of the sample questions.
•  Participants will have 5-7 minutes of interview time.

Judging:
•  Participants will be chosen based on how well they present themselves to the judges and on their speaking ability, appearance and poise.

Youth Tour Interview Form: Due January 22, 2021 @4:00 p.m.

Applications will be mailed/emailed to you once you have submitted your form.

Completed applications: Due February 15, 2021 @5:00 p.m. 

Contest location, date and time:
• North Plains Electric (Perryton Office) – February 25, 2021 @ 6:00 p.m.

Questions:
• Questions should be addressed to Paula at PDLehew@npec.org, (806) 435-5482 or (800) 272-5482.

Hopefully, the 2022 Youth Tour contest will be held once again and lucky winners can again experience a trip of a lifetime to Austin and Washington, D.C.

Youth Tour Interview Form
I have read the Youth Tour Contest Eligibility Rules and Requirements. By signing above, I attest that I fully understand all of the rules and requirements of this contest and what will be required of me in the event I should be selected.