Did you know ...?

  • Co-ops serve 42 million people, including 92% of persistent poverty counties.
  • Co-ops power over 21.5 million businesses, homes, schools and farms in 48 states.
  • Co-ops returned more than $1.4 billion in capital credits to their consumer-members in 2021.
  • 832 distribution cooperatives are the foundation of the electric cooperative network. They were built by and serve co-op members in the community with the delivery of electricity and other services.
  • 63 generation & transmission cooperatives provide wholesale power to distribution co-ops through their own electric generation facilities or by purchasing power on behalf of the distribution members.

For more information on Electric Cooperatives Across America please visit: www.nreca.org