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Fort Belknap Electric Cooperative, Inc. is a non-profit rural electric
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 distrib ...
headquartered in
Olney, Texas
Olney is a city in Young County, Texas, United States. Its population was 3,007 in 2020.
History
On May 18, 1951, the city was devastated by a violent F4 tornado. Thomas P. Grazulis noted this tornado was possible F5 on the Fujita scale.
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The Cooperative was organized in 1939 and serves portions of seven counties in the state of
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
, in a territory generally surrounding Olney and including its city limits. It maintains 2,143 miles of electric line and has 6,276 connected meters
Fort Belknap Electric is a member of the
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative Brazos Electric Power Cooperative is an electrical generation and transmission cooperative based in Waco, Texas. In March 2021, it filed for bankruptcy protection as a result of losses arising from the February 2021 North American ice storm.
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, a generation and transmission utility cooperative.