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The New York State Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Inc. (NYSRECA) is a service organization for the New York State rural electric cooperatives.  Its purpose is to foster and promote the mutual interests and welfare of rural electric cooperatives in New York State.

Member systems include Delaware County Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Oneida-Madison Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Otsego Electric Cooperative, Inc. and Steuben Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.  Through NYSRECA, these rural electric cooperatives work with governmental agencies and other organizations to promote the growth and development of New York’s rural electric cooperatives and the welfare of the more than 16,000 customers they serve.

New York's four rural electric cooperatives were created in 1941 to provide central station electric service in areas not served by private companies. Each co-op is a not-for-profit electric utility owned by the customers it serves and governed by a board of directors elected by the co-op membership. The board of directors of NYSRECA consists of delegates nominated by the rural electric cooperatives.  Each member's board of directors elects one voting delegate and one delegate at large to serve on the NYSRECA board of directors.

NYSRECA has served the state's four main rural electric cooperatives since 1982, representing them before the public, legislative and regulatory bodies and other organizations.  Through a long-term partnership with the New York Power Authority, the nation's largest non-federal public power company, these co-ops provide economic, dependable service to their customers.