West Virginia Rural Electric Cooperatives
More than one in six virginians get their electricity from an electric cooperative.
West virginia rural electric cooperatives. The tennessee electric cooperative association represents 2 5 million tennesseans by actively engaging with law and policy makers at the state and federal levels. Rr 6 box 502 sun. Thirteen co ops in virginia one in maryland and one in delaware are members of the association. H arrison rural electrification association inc.
Members of the shenandoah valley rural electric cooperative meet with cooperative leadership to fight for more solar. Virginia is home to 13 rural electric cooperatives. In the beginning hrea brought electric service to rural citizens who could not or would not be served by the for profit electric utilities. Please improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references.
While the youth tour is a national leadership program the students are chosen and sponsored by their local electric cooperatives. October 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message. Communities are smarter healthier more productive and better connected because of electric co ops. Nreca member cooperatives affiliated organizations and international members.
Virginia s rural electric cooperatives. Ohio cooperative living provides cooperative members with timely informative updates on issues critical to electric cooperatives and the power industry. We do not endorse or recommend any candidates for election. There are more than 900 electric cooperatives in 47 states and each has their own application process and eligibility requirements.
Ohio cooperative living is the official voice of ohio s electric cooperatives delivered to nearly 300 000 cooperative members in ohio and west virginia every month. In 1983 after the energy crises of the 1970 s the northern virginia electric cooperative novec was formed by the consolidation of tri county electric cooperative started 1939 and prince william electric cooperative started 1941. This article s use of external links may not follow wikipedia s policies or guidelines. Today hrea continues to serve these areas and as the urban areas continue to.
Hrea has been serving the citizens of harrison doddridge marion taylor barbour upshur and lewis counties since 1937. Association member cooperatives serve more than 2 million people in the three states through more than 600 000 meters in virginia more than 50 000 meters in maryland and more than 90 000 meters in delaware. Co ops vote is a non partisan project of america s electric cooperatives designed to inform its members of key issues facing electric co ops and encourage them to vote and support their co ops and the communities they serve when they go to the polls. Harrison rural electrification association.