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What is a Cooperative?
A cooperative is a business owned by the people who receive its services and operated for the benefit of its member-owners, usually on a non-profit basis. Thousands of cooperatives are found in all types of American business. Agriculture, banking, insurance, electric, telephone and many other industries include successful member-owned cooperative businesses, which focus on service instead of profits.
Click here to meet your Cooperative Staff and Employees.
Click here to meet your Board of Trustees.
Cooperative Membership Materials:
Click here to download a copy of
Firelands' Code of Regulations. (pdf)*
Click here to download a copy of
Firelands' Membership Handbook. (pdf)*
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What is
Electric Deregulation?
What is a
Touchstone Energy®
electric cooperative?
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National Co-op Month
Since 1930, October has been designated as National Co-op Month, providing co-ops with an opportunity to explain the co-op difference to their members. The story of how electric cooperatives were built -- not by big businesses looking for profit but by ordinary people working together -- makes the "Cooperative Way" an American success story we can all be proud of.
Join cooperatives across the country in promoting co-op principles and values this October. The materials and resources below can be run as-is, or used as a starting point in developing a message unique to your own co-op.
 www.coopmonth.coop: Information on each year’s Co-op Month theme, as well as related promotional activities and resources, can be found on this national web site.
- www.go.coop: This national web site provides general information about co-ops, including stories from across the nation and a list of frequently asked questions.
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