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Cooperative Facts

Distribution Cooperatives

• Sixteen distribution cooperatives serve 230,000 North Dakotans through 133,000 meters
• $310 million annual retail sales--accounts for 45% of all retail electric sales in North Dakota
• 61,000 miles of distribution power lines
• $1 billion investment in distribution facilities
• Employ more than 600 people
• All operate as non-profit, member-owned enterprises

Generation & Transmission Cooperatives

• Invested more than $5 billion in North Dakota's energy industry
• Represents nearly 90% of all coal-based generation
• Own 4,200 miles of transmission line
• Directly employ more than 2,100 people in North Dakota
• There are five generation and transmission cooperatives in North Dakota
• North Dakota’s electric cooperatives have invested more than $800 million in environmental equipment and controls.