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Who We Are

Coastal Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive is a com­mu­ni­ty-owned elec­tric coop­er­a­tive pro­vid­ing elec­tric ser­vice to the peo­ple of Coastal Geor­gia in Bryan, Lib­er­ty, Long, and McIn­tosh coun­ties. We are ded­i­cat­ed to pro­vid­ing our mem­bers with depend­able pow­er at the most com­pet­i­tive rates. And because we are local­ly-owned and man­aged, you get respon­sive, cus­tomer-focused ser­vice 24 hours a day, sev­en days a week.

The Seven Cooperative Principles

As a not-for-prof­it elec­tric coop­er­a­tive, we oper­ate dif­fer­ent­ly from oth­er elec­tric util­i­ties, putting mem­bers’ needs first. We keep the Sev­en Coop­er­a­tive Prin­ci­ples at the core of every­thing we do:

1. Open & Voluntary Membership

Mem­ber­ship in a coop­er­a­tive is open to all per­sons who can rea­son­ably use its ser­vices and stand will­ing to accept the respon­si­bil­i­ties of mem­ber­ship, regard­less of race, reli­gion, gen­der, or eco­nom­ic cir­cum­stances.

2. Democratic Member Control

Coop­er­a­tives are demo­c­ra­t­ic orga­ni­za­tions con­trolled by their mem­bers, who active­ly par­tic­i­pate in set­ting poli­cies and mak­ing deci­sions. Rep­re­sen­ta­tives (direc­tors) are elect­ed from among the mem­ber­ship and are account­able to the mem­ber­ship.

3. Members’ Economic Participation

Mem­bers con­tribute equi­tably to, and demo­c­ra­t­i­cal­ly con­trol, the cap­i­tal of their coop­er­a­tive. At least part of that cap­i­tal remains the com­mon prop­er­ty of the coop­er­a­tive.

4. Autonomy & Independence

Coop­er­a­tives are autonomous self-help orga­ni­za­tions con­trolled by their mem­bers. If they enter into agree­ments with oth­er orga­ni­za­tions or raise cap­i­tal from exter­nal sources, they do so on terms that ensure demo­c­ra­t­ic con­trol, as well as their unique iden­ti­ty.

5. Education, Training & Information

Edu­ca­tion and train­ing for mem­bers, elect­ed rep­re­sen­ta­tives (direc­tors), CEOs, and employ­ees help them effec­tive­ly con­tribute to the devel­op­ment of their coop­er­a­tive. Com­mu­ni­ca­tions about the nature and ben­e­fits of coop­er­a­tives, par­tic­u­lar­ly with the gen­er­al pub­lic and opin­ion lead­ers, help boost coop­er­a­tive under­stand­ing.

6. Cooperation Among Cooperatives

By work­ing togeth­er through local, nation­al, region­al, and inter­na­tion­al struc­tures, coop­er­a­tives improve ser­vices, bol­ster local economies, and deal more effec­tive­ly with social and com­mu­ni­ty needs.

7. Concern for Community

Coop­er­a­tives work for the sus­tain­able devel­op­ment of their com­mu­ni­ties through poli­cies sup­port­ed by the mem­ber­ship.

7 Coop­er­a­tive Prin­ci­ples Info­graph­ic (PDF)

Our Cooperative’s Values

Touchstone logoTouch­stone Ener­gy® is a nation­al net­work of elec­tric coop­er­a­tives across 45 states pro­vid­ing resources to help coop­er­a­tives bet­ter engage and serve their mem­bers. Touch­stone Ener­gy coop­er­a­tives stand out as trust­ed sources of pow­er and infor­ma­tion to their 30 mil­lion mem­ber-own­ers every day.

As a Touch­stone Ener­gy Coop­er­a­tive, our four core val­ues are:

  • Integri­ty
  • Account­abil­i­ty
  • Inno­va­tion
  • Com­mit­ment to Com­mu­ni­ty

Georgia’s elec­tric coop­er­a­tives serve approx­i­mate­ly 4.4 mil­lion of Georgia’s 10 mil­lion res­i­dents and 73% of the state’s land area. Georgia’s elec­tric coop­er­a­tives employ more than 6,000 work­ers and oper­ate by far the largest dis­tri­b­u­tion net­work in the state, with 194,867 miles of elec­tric pow­er lines.

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