The rural electric cooperatives compose the great majority of operating systems financed by REA. Administrator Slattery, in a national radio forum, stated, "Cooperation is the idea and method that has made possible most of the rural electrification stimulated by the REA."
The organization and functions of the rural electric cooperatives follow the general pattern of other consumer cooperatives using the Rochdale principles. However, they do have a number of distinguishing characteristics which serve to differentiate them from most other cooperatives.
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Symposium on Wisconsin Cooperatives: Government and Cooperatives
