Continental Cooperative Services – Membership organization that manages two organizations:
Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association (PREA) – Statewide Trade Association
Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Allegheny) – Generation & Transmission Cooperative, organized as a not-for-profit electric cooperative corporation
PREA Facts
PREA – a statewide trade association – provides services to 14 member distribution cooperatives in Pennsylvania and New Jersey that enable the member cooperatives to deliver electricity and other programs at the highest value to the consumers and communities they serve.
On behalf of the member cooperatives, PREA advocates in the state capital and in Washington, D.C. State and federal relations staff members work closely with elected officials and regulatory bodies to ensure that the concerns of rural citizens are clearly heard in the legislative process.
Because members of an electric cooperative are also the owners, they have a vested interest in their cooperative. One way that PREA assists in consumer educational efforts is by publishing Penn Lines, a monthly newsmagazine focusing on rural issues. The magazine is tailored to each individual cooperative, so readers can stay attuned to local cooperative activities.
PREA also offers member services, management, and employee training and safety instruction to its member cooperatives. Safety courses offered by PREA’s nationally recognized Risk Management Program ensure cooperative employees can complete their jobs with the highest degree of security and protection.
Allegheny Facts
Allegheny provides the power requirements (wholesale power) for the 14 rural electric distribution cooperatives in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Allegheny supplies wholesale power to the cooperatives from a variety of self-owned and purchased generation sources.
Allegheny has a diversified power supply portfolio with minimal reliance on carbon-based fuels and significant investments in nuclear and hydropower resources.
A majority portion of Allegheny’s energy supply comes from clean, stable and relatively low cost resources.
The remaining portion of Allegheny’s power supply comes from market purchases.