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Wiregrass Electric Cooperative was organized in October 1939 and began distribution in 1940. Taking its name from the Wiregrass Region which it serves, it was created to serve rural customers not serviced by the large power companies. The system is made up of around 3,200 miles [2] of line and more than 27,000 consumer/member homes and businesses.
The Federation of Southern Cooperatives Rural Training and Research Center is a historic site in Sumter County, Alabama. The Federation of Southern Cooperatives (FSC) was formed in 1967 to connect Black farming co-ops across the Southern United States. In 1971, the FSC purchased 73 acres (30 ha) near Epes, Alabama, to serve as a training center and headquarters. The property already had a pond ...
HILCO Electric Cooperative. Holmes-Wayne Electric Cooperative ( Millersburg, Ohio) [39] HomeWorks Tri-County Electric Cooperative ( Blanchard, Michigan) [40] Isle au Haut Electric Power Company. Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative. Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corporation. Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative.
A credit union is a member-owned financial cooperative, democratically controlled by its members, and operated for the purpose of promoting thrift, providing credit at competitive rates, and providing other financial services to its members. [1] Credit unions in the United States may either be chartered by the federal government [2] or a state government. [3] The National Credit Union ...
Due to their small size and limited exposure to mortgage securitizations, credit unions weathered the financial crisis of 2008 reasonably well. However, two of the biggest corporate credit unions in the United States ( U.S. Central Credit Union and WesCorp) with combined assets of more than $57 billion were taken over by the National Credit Union Administration [9] on March 20, 2009.
May 16, 2024 at 3:12 PM. Michael Sohn/AP. A high-stakes union election is underway at a Mercedes-Benz plant near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the only plant for the luxury automaker in North America. The ...
Utility cooperative. A utility cooperative is a type of cooperative that is tasked with the delivery of a public utility such as electricity, water or telecommunications to its members. Profits are either reinvested for infrastructure or distributed to members in the form of "patronage" or "capital credits", which are dividends paid on a member ...
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative; Southern States Cooperative; Sunkist Growers, Inc. Tennessee Farmers Cooperative; The Union Credit Union; Tillamook County Creamery Association; Topco Associates; True Value Corporation; U.S. AgBank, FCB; U.S. Central Credit Union; Unified Western Grocers; USA Federal Credit Union (San Diego, Ca)