A consumer-owned provider of electricity, owned and operated on a not-for-profit basis.

Pursuant to 16 USCS § 796 (26), [Title 16. Conservation; Chapter 12. Federal Regulation and Development of Power; Regulation of the Development of Water Power and Resources] the term electric cooperat [..]

Customer-owned electric utility that distributes electricity to its members.

A customer-owned electric utility that distributes electricity to its members. In Texas, co-ops can choose to opt into the competitive retail market.

Customer-owned electric utility that distributes electricity to its members.

An entity owned in cooperative form by its customers that is engaged in the generation, transmission, and/or distribution of electric energy.

A not-for-profit utility owned by those (members) who use its services. Electric cooperatives generate and purchase wholesale power, own or arrange for the transmission of that power, distribute power, and aggregate power purchases for consumers.

"Electric cooperative" means a cooperative corporation owning and operating an electric distribution system.

A corporation organized under the Electric Cooperative Corporation Act, TEX. UTIL. CODE ANN. ch 161 (Vernon 1998 & Supp. 2007); A corporation organized as an electric cooperative in a state other than Texas that has obtained a certificate of authority to conduct business in Texas; or A successor to an electric cooperative created before June 1, [..]