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List Of Utility Cooperatives
This is a list of utility cooperatives. Canada Energy * Ag Energy Co-operative * Blue Mountain Power Co-op * Lac La Biche Gas Co-Op * SPARK: Green Energy Alberta Telecommunications * Access Communications Co-operative (Saskatchewan) * Brooke Telecom Co-operative (Ontario) * CCAP (Coopérative de câblodistribution de l’arrière-pays) (Quebec) * CoopTel (Quebec) * Gosfield North Communications Co-operative (Ontario) * Hay Communications Co-Operative (Ontario) * Hurontel Telecommunications Co-operative (Ontario) * Lansdowne Rural Telephone Company (Ontario) * Mornington Communications Co-operative (Ontario) * Quadro Communications Co-operative (Ontario) * Tuckersmith Communications Co-operative (Ontario) * Westman Communications Group (Manitoba) Czech Republic * CoopMobile (mobile telephony service from Coop Skupina) Denmark * coop mobil (on Wikipedia Danmark. Mobile telephony service from Coop Danmark) France * Enercoop (on Wikipedia Français) Italy * CoopVoce ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Profit (accounting), 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's investment in the cooperative. Each customer is a member and owner of the business. This means that all members have equal individual authority, unlike investor-owned utilities where the extent of individual authority is governed by the number of shares held. Like cooperatives operating in other sectors, many utility cooperatives conduct their affairs according to a set of ideals based on the Rochdale Principles. Some utility cooperatives respect the seventh principle, ''Concern for community'', through ''Operation Roundup'' schemes, whereby members can voluntarily have their bill rounded to the next currency unit (e.g. $55.37 becomes $5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |