Summary

Electric Utilities

Major Employers

Retail

Coal

Environmental Groups

AFL-CIO

Ohio Farmers Union

Chambers of Commerce

National Federation of Independent Business

The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association is tasked with representing the interests of cooperative electric utilities and their consumers. An electric cooperative is owned by its customers. Unlike an investor-owned utility, each customer has an equal say in the running of the co-op, rather than having a level of input commensurate with the amount of investment.

Electric cooperatives usually operate in rural areas, which investor-owned utilities are reluctant to cover because of the capital costs involved in building infrastructure and providing service to large, sparsely-populated areas.

From January 1, 2005 to June 30, 2007, employees of and political action committees associated with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and its affiliate, the Ohio Action Committee for Rural Electrification, contributed $24,285 to current members of the Ohio General Assembly and statewide officeholders. Of the contributions to the General Assembly, $14,835 went to the House, and $8,750 to the Senate. These same entities also contributed $2,750 to the two major political parties.


January 1, 2005-June 30, 2007 Contributions to Ohio Statewide Officeholders, Ohio House and Senate, and Ohio Democratic and Republican Parties from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association*
Ohio Senate
$8,750
Ohio House of Representatives
$14,835
Statewide Officeholders
$700
Ohio Republican Party
$2,000
Ohio Democratic Party
$750
Total
$27,035
*Totals include monetary and in-kind contributions from employees and political action committees associated with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)

For in-depth NRECA contribution information, see the Appendices.
Methodology

Database (Microsoft Access, 30mb)


Appendices: Contributions in Detail (Microsoft Word, 1.4mb)