Tri County Electric Cooperative

Company Overview

Let me start by highlighting the key contrasts between our electric cooperative and investor-owned utilities. It may surprise you that our members enjoy a true Bill of Rights that includes the right to access trustworthy, budget-friendly, and safe electrical service as well as the right to unite to create and manage a community-focused electric utility. Within a cooperative framework, each customer are afforded fair and equal consideration. This is accomplished not just by management and staff, but also through a Board of Trustees elected by the members. This exemplifies the pinnacle of consumer security. Moreover, cooperatives are guided by a set of seven principles which guarantee members receive fair attention from the utility they own. These guiding principles consist of fairness, transparency, member governance, autonomy, education, skill development, and access to information, as well as mutual support among cooperatives which allows for the strength of combined initiatives to be utilized for the benefit of the cooperative community. The final principle centers on community welfare. While cooperatives prioritize, they are also actively engaged in bettering the neighborhoods they serve.