Dairyland Power Cooperative, based in LaCrosse, WI, which generates and transmits the electric energy that, in turn, is marketed by Oakdale Electric. Oakdale Electric Cooperative operates and maintains more than 2,340 miles of electric distribution line, providing power to more than 12,400 services. Your cooperative averages 5.3 service locations per mile of line. Approximately one-quarter of our services are to seasonal residences and accounts. Cooperatives are examples of democracy in action.
Cooperatives succeed because of the power of people working together.
As a member of a cooperative, you join the one out of every four Americans who belong to these consumer-owned organizations. A cooperative is formed by joining together to accomplish a goal that cannot be done as well individually. In our case, this started with providing central station electric service and has since branched out into a variety of other services. Instead, you are a member-owner of this private, nonprofit business. Unlike customers of investor-owned utilities, you, as a cooperative member, have a say in determining the leadership of the cooperative, how it will operate and which services it will provide.