THE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE STORY

Your cooperative is different from investor owned utility companies.  Your co-op is member owned and offers a wide range of benefits.  Members get to vote for the director that will represent their area.  And, as a non profit organization members receive capital credits.  All revenues in excess of expenses (called margins) are allocated (spread) back to each consumer-member who contributed revenues that year.  To learn more about co-ops a video was produced by NRECA featuring a fast hand-drawn guide to the history, structure, and purpose of rural electric cooperatives.

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