Includes stories of organizing at Black Warrior EMC in Alabama, Roanoke Electric in NC, and Ouachita Electric in Arkansas and the How$mart program at 9 co-ops in Eastern Kentucky. 2017)ĭescription: An article in Dissent magazine that provides some context and history along with the potential of organizing RECs. It includes some history and stats along with discussion of Delta-Montrose co-op in Colorado, the work of One Voice in Mississippi, and Congressman Jim Cooper's scathing 2008 article on RECs.īringing Power to the People: The Unlikely Case for Utility Populism (Source: Kate Aronoff, Dissent Magazine. This $30 billion may be the largest “lost” pool of capital in America, lost because so few members are aware of their ownership."Įconomic Democracy and the Billion Dollar Co-op (Source: The Nation)ĭescription: An article in The Nation about the potential of co-ops within the US economy with a focus on RECs. "Electric co-ops have a much smaller industry share than munis or IOUs, but they still control $97 billion of assets and $30 billion of member equity. It includes a history of electric co-ops and focuses on a major concern about electric co-ops not returning capital credits of billions of dollars to member-owners. Understanding the Seven Cooperative Principles (Source: NRECA)ĭescription: Outlines the seven cooperative principles in the context of electric co-ops including: open & voluntary membership, democratic member control, members' economic participation, autonomy and independence, education, cooperation among co-ops, and concern for community.Īmerica’s Electric Cooperatives: 2020 Fact Sheet (Source: NRECA)ĭescription: Gives an overview of rural electric co-op stats compared to investor owned utilities (IOUs) and municipal power providers in the US including that there are "834 distribution and 63 G&T cooperatives, a total of 897 NRECA co-op members, serve an estimated 42 million people in 47 states" with $45 billion in annual revenue.Įlectric Co-ops: From New Deal to Bad Deal? A report by Congressman Jim Cooper (TN) (Source: Jim Cooper)ĭescription: 2008 Journal article by US Representative Jim Cooper from the 5th district in Tennessee about the concerns that he has uncovered about rural electric co-ops. All rights reserved.Map of America’s Electric Cooperative Network (Source: NRECA via Wyoming REA)ĭescription: National map of the service areas for those served by electric co-ops FINDENERGY is a comparison and research website that does not directly offer any energy related products.Ĭopyright © 2022 - 2023 Find Energy LLC. All trademarks remain the property of their respective owners, and are used by FINDENERGY only to describe products and services offered by each respective trademark holder. This data is not always in agreement with annually released government data due to differences in calculation methods and time periods. Additionally, this data is compiled using known ownership relationships between power plants and electricity providers, while some of these relationships remain unknown. These 12 month periods may vary from provider to provider and from power plant to power plant, as some entities are required to report on a rolling monthly basis others report on an annual basis. Unless otherwise noted, all data is a compilation of the most recent 12 months of government released data. Disclaimer: The data displayed on this page may be incomplete or incorrect.
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