Monday, April 21, 2014

Electric Cooperatives Powering Your Homes

By Essie Osborn


What was provided life needs energy to power. People need energy like food and nourishment to be able to work. Plants and animals, also need the same thing. Energy is also what inventions need to work. Modern technology needs electrical power to work. With one flip of the on button this mechanical things are brought to life.

Electric companies are born in the context of providing life for people and their homes. Crawford electric is one provider of electricity in homes and industries. This is a cooperative owned and governed by the people. Their main goal is to be able to provide safe, efficient and affordable electric supply in the country.

Wherever you are, people will not be able to survive without electricity. This one important role an electric cooperative play in every community. The services are consumed by the people, but it is also the people who control the organization. This is very beneficial for the members of the cooperative. Their interest and rights are being protected by the cooperative in this way.

There are over seven hundred electric cooperatives in alliance all over the nation. They are found in forty seven states, serving forty two million people and powering eighteen million businesses, schools, farms, irrigation system, and other establishments. Despite the vast network, cooperatives serve only twelve percent of the population in the country and about ten percent of the total kilowatt per hour sold in the United States.

Members of a cooperative are all welcome to join. They just need to be willing and able to handle responsibilities that come with being a member. Discrimination is greatly banned from any cooperative. People love and respect one another. Members have a big part in every voting for a seat, and sharing for patronage allocations.

A large number of private owned electric corporations are the source of energy in the country. Publicly owned cooperatives on the other hand, are serving consumers in rural areas with a few population. In this kind of management that private corporations have, however consumers does not have any participation.

A life without electricity is covered in pitch darkness. No light, no music, no microwave open, no television, no communication devices, no computer, is like suicide. People will never survive in an environment with nothing to do, but stare into nothingness. And in emergency cases, you have no way to inform someone that you need help.

Electricity gives life to your homes, it gives you comfort. Heating and cooling systems are powered by this. You could die without it. It is really important for people to live a normal and comfortable life. Everything that needs to be charged or energized needs electrical power. It would not be easy to try and live a life without electricity.

With great power comes great responsibility. That is so overrated, but true. Being able to use electricity or being in a seat of power in a cooperative, entails a big responsibility. This is something that everyone should always remember. It is not easy running a cooperative with millions of members. So is being able to use electricity. It entails great power. Being able to use it in every device or equipment you wish to use. You have to be careful. And always put in mind to conserve energy.




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