North Arkansas Electric Cooperative 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
Salem, Arkansas, with district offices in
Ash Flat and
Mountain Home, Arkansas.
The Cooperative was organized in 1939 and the first power lines were energized in June 1940.
The Cooperative serves portions of seven counties in the state of
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
, in a territory generally located in north central Arkansas.
Currently (as of September 2005) the Cooperative has more than 4,500 miles of distribution lines, 25 substations and services 33,000 accounts. It considers itself the fifth-largest rural electric cooperative in Arkansas.
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North Arkansas Electric Cooperative
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Companies based in Arkansas
Electric cooperatives in Arkansas
Fulton County, Arkansas
1939 establishments in Arkansas
Companies established in 1939