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Kentucky's
26 consumer-owned electric cooperatives serve more than one and a
half million people in 117 of Kentucky's 120 counties with reliable,
affordable electricity. See the chart below to learn more about Kentucky's
electric co-ops.
Kentucky's Electric
Cooperatives
| Cooperative |
Wholesale
Power Supplier |
Number
of
Employees |
Number
Consumers
Billed |
Average
KWH
Residential
Per Month |
Consumers
Per Mile
of Line |
Formed |
| Big
Rivers Electric Corporation |
Generation |
583 |
|
|
|
1961 |
| Big
Sandy RECC |
East
Kentucky |
47 |
12,827 |
1,182 |
12.70 |
1940 |
| Blue
Grass Energy Cooperative |
East
Kentucky |
114 |
52,493 |
1,184 |
8.84 |
2002* |
| Clark
Energy Cooperative |
East
Kentucky |
52 |
25,129 |
1,190 |
8.6 |
1938 |
| Cumberland
Valley Electric |
East
Kentucky |
48 |
22,922 |
1,110 |
9.12 |
1940 |
| East
Kentucky Power Cooperative |
Generation |
631 |
|
|
|
1941 |
| Farmers
RECC |
East
Kentucky |
73 |
22,914 |
1,161 |
6.7 |
1938 |
| Fleming-Mason
Energy Cooperative |
East
Kentucky |
51 |
23,094 |
1,086 |
6.7 |
1938 |
| Grayson
RECC |
East
Kentucky |
48 |
15,385 |
1,124 |
6.40 |
1950 |
| Hickman-Fulton
Counties RECC |
TVA |
13 |
3,728 |
1,211 |
5.46 |
1937 |
| Inter-County
Energy Cooperative |
East
Kentucky |
62 |
24,547 |
1,259 |
7.09 |
1937 |
| Jackson
Energy Cooperative |
East
Kentucky |
136 |
50,478 |
1,189 |
9.06 |
1938 |
| Jackson
Purchase Energy Corporation |
Big
Rivers |
81 |
28,129 |
1,218 |
8.82 |
1937 |
| Kenergy
Corporation |
Big
Rivers |
166 |
52,940 |
1,277 |
7.72 |
1999** |
| Licking
Valley RECC |
East
Kentucky |
41 |
16,914 |
1,102 |
8.45 |
1940 |
| Meade
County RECC |
Big
Rivers |
62 |
26,496 |
1,405 |
9.21 |
1937 |
| Nolin
RECC |
East
Kentucky |
96 |
29,769 |
1,315 |
10.56 |
1938 |
| Owen
Electric Cooperative |
East
Kentucky |
124 |
53,582 |
1,079 |
11.00 |
1937 |
| Pennyrile
Electric |
TVA |
119 |
45,390 |
1,199 |
9.13 |
1937 |
| Salt
River Electric |
East
Kentucky |
79 |
42,923 |
1,284 |
11.60 |
1937 |
| Shelby
Energy Cooperative |
East
Kentucky |
34 |
14,250 |
1,421 |
7.20 |
1937 |
| South
Kentucky RECC |
East
Kentucky |
155 |
60,675 |
1,177 |
9.42 |
1938 |
| Taylor
County RECC |
East
Kentucky |
53 |
24,037 |
1,114 |
7.81 |
1938 |
| Tri-County
Electric |
TVA |
142 |
49,270 |
1,216 |
9.17 |
1936 |
Warren
RECC |
TVA |
161 |
56,679 |
1,305 |
10.24 |
1938 |
| West
Kentucky RECC |
TVA |
90 |
37,297 |
1,216 |
12.24 |
1938 |
* Blue Grass Energy
Cooperative was formed in 2002 as the result of a consolidation of
Harrison Electric Cooperative (1938) and Blue
Grass Energy Cooperative (1998 - as a result of the consolidation of Blue
Grass RECC (1937) and Fox Creek RECC (1938)).
** Kenergy Corp. was
formed in 1999 as the result of the consolidation of Green River Electric
Corp. (1937) and Henderson Union Electric Cooperative (1936).
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