A&N Electric Cooperative Explained

A&N Electric Cooperative
Type:	Cooperative
Key People:	Butch Williamson Penny M. Fowler
Foundation:	1940
Location:	Tasley, Virginia, United States^[1]
Homepage:	http://www.anec.com/

A&N Electric Cooperative (ANEC) is a utility cooperative that distributes electricity to Accomack and Northampton counties in the state of Virginia along with Smith Island in Maryland, in the southern portion of the Delmarva Peninsula.^[2] The cooperative, which was founded in 1940, is headquartered in Tasley, Virginia.^[3]

The cooperative serves a total of 33,000 members. It is a Touchstone Energy Cooperative and a member of Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC), an electric generation and transmission cooperative.^{[4] [5]} As an electric cooperative, ANEC is owned by the members who it provides electricity to.^[6]

History

ANEC was founded in 1940 as a nonprofit, member-owned electric cooperative. In 2008, Delmarva Power sold its service area in the Virginia portion of the Delmarva Peninsula, which consisted of 22,000 customers, to ANEC and ODEC for $44 million.^[7]

External links

• A&N Electric Cooperative

Notes and References

1. Web site: A&N Electric Cooperative. Chincoteague Chamber of Commerce. en-US. 2020-05-13.
2. Web site: About A & N Electric. A&N Electric Cooperative. August 20, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170813130736/http://anec.com/aboutus/index.php. August 13, 2017. dead.
3. Web site: A&N Electric Cooperative. Chincoteague Chamber of Commerce. en-US. 2020-05-13.
4. Web site: Our Members. Old Dominion Electric Cooperative. August 2, 2017.
5. Web site: Overview. Old Dominion Electric Cooperative. August 2, 2017.
6. Web site: Cooperative Principles. A&N Electric Cooperative. August 20, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170814060356/http://anec.com/aboutus/cooperative_principles.php. August 14, 2017. dead.
7. News: Parsons. Kye. Delmarva Power Completes Sale of Virginia Operations. WBOC-TV. Salisbury, MD. January 2, 2008. June 29, 2017.