People who work for electric cooperatives typically live in the communities they serve, so you can be certain that decisions are made with the best interests of members in mind.
The integrated electric network that brings power to your home or business is a technical marvel. That network manages the flow of electrons, traveling at the speed of light, from the massive generation stations that produce them to towns and cities, to homes and businesses across the country.
Much of what makes this system work goes unnoticed. Of course, everyone sees the poles, wires, and transformers that connect every neighborhood up and down nearly every roadway, or the few large generating stations that produce the power we distribute.
What’s probably noticed least — but what makes the whole thing work — are the people working to ensure that you receive reliable electric service as affordably as possible.
It takes more than the lineworkers you see up on the poles, more than the power plant operators who keep the generators running, to make this complex system work.
In fact, most of the work to provide that reliable electric service all day, every day, goes on behind the scenes, unnoticed by nearly everyone. It requires engineers, accountants, service representatives, mechanics, warehouse workers, technicians, IT professionals, communicators, dispatchers, schedulers, supervisors, managers, and more. What’s more important even than the job descriptions are the skills and attitudes that people in those jobs bring to their roles. It takes people who are committed, service-oriented, accountable, and available when and where they’re needed.
You may not know it, but many of the people doing that behind-the-scenes work are your neighbors. People who work for electric cooperatives typically live in the communities they serve. It’s yet another reason you can be certain that decisions made by the co-op are made with the best interests of their members in mind.
I would just like to say, to the nearly 1,500 workers employed by Ohio’s electric cooperatives, our power plants, and our key suppliers — all of whom play a part in providing that vital service safely and reliably every day: Thank you all; we couldn’t do it without you.
