Bailey County Electric Cooperative Association

Bailey County Electric Cooperative Association is a rural utility cooperative headquartered in Muleshoe, Texas.

The cooperative was formed in September 1938 and energized the first 249 miles (401 km) of line (serving 362 customers, of which as of 2007 five are still members) in November 1939.

The cooperative currently serves about 1,800 members with over 2,700 miles (4,300 km) of line.

The cooperative's territory includes portions of Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Lamb, and Parmer counties, all located in the South Plains region of Texas near its border with New Mexico.

External links

Bailey County Electric Cooperative

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Banking	Credit union Mutual savings bank Savings and loan association Building society

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Identity	Rochdale Principles ICA Statement on the Cooperative Identity

Political and economic theories	Co-operative economics Cooperative federalism Distributism Economic democracy Mutualism Neo-Capitalism Owenism Social enterprise Socialism Socially responsible investing Solidarity economy

Key theorists	G. D. H. Cole Charles Gide David Griffiths William King Robert Owen Friedrich Raiffeisen David Schweickart Rochdale Pioneers Beatrice Webb

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Organizations	List of cooperatives Worker Energy Federations International Co-operative Alliance Co-operative Party

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