Carroll Electric Cooperative

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Carroll Electric Cooperative is a non-profit rural electric utility cooperative headquartered in Berryville, Arkansas, with district offices in Bentonville, Huntsville, and Jasper, Arkansas. [1] The company also owns and publishes the Arkansas Living magazine which was started in 1942 and is sent out for free monthly to its customers. [2]

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The Cooperative was organized in 1937 and the first power lines were energized in October 1938. [3]

The Cooperative serves portions of eleven counties in the states of Arkansas and Missouri, in a territory generally located in the northwest corner of Arkansas:

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Currently (as of June 2019) the Cooperative has 250,000 customers. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Office Locations - Carroll Electric". www.carrollecc.com. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  2. ↑ "Arkansas Living - Carroll Electric". www.carrollecc.com. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  3. ↑ "History". Arkansas Living Magazine. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  4. ↑ "Annual Report 2018" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-06-30.
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