Farmers Electric Cooperative Corporation is a non-profit rural electric
utility cooperative headquartered in
Newport, Arkansas
Newport is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Arkansas, United States located on the White River northeast of Little Rock. The population was 7,879 at the 2010 census.
Newport is home to a campus of the Arkansas State University ...
.
The Cooperative was organized in 1937 and the first power lines were energized in August 1938.
The Cooperative serves portions of four counties in the state of
Arkansas, in a territory generally surrounding Newport:
Independence,
Jackson,
Poinsett, and
Woodruff.
Currently (as of September 2005) the Cooperative has more than 975 miles of distribution lines, and services 5,262 members.
External links
Farmers Electric Cooperative Corporation (Arkansas)
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Companies based in Arkansas
Electric cooperatives in Arkansas
Independence County, Arkansas
Jackson County, Arkansas
Poinsett County, Arkansas
Woodruff County, Arkansas