Tri County Electric Cooperative

Company Overview

First, it's important to note the key contrasts that set our cooperative apart and traditional investor-owned utilities. It may surprise you that our members enjoy a true Bill of Rights which encompasses the right to receive reliable, cost-effective, and secure electricity along with the right to unite to form and operate a not-for-profit electric service. In a cooperative model, each customer receive just and equal treatment. This fairness is achieved by our dedicated management and employees, but also by a Board of Trustees selected by our members. This represents consumer security at its best. Furthermore, cooperatives adhere to a set of seven principles which guarantee equitable treatment for members from the utility they own. The principles encompass equity, accessibility, member oversight, self-sufficiency, learning, training, and information sharing, including cooperation between cooperatives which allows for the benefits of united actions to be utilized for the benefit of the cooperative community. The final principle emphasizes community support. Though cooperatives always put members' interests first, they are also actively engaged in enhancing the towns and communities they serve.