Electrification is now proceeding at the rate of 390,000 new connections annually - averaging more than 1,000 per day. While some co-ops have a good customer mix, those in the more remote areas are struggling to produce positive margins, even after years of operation. But co-ops just outside the city limits, which inherit these inefficient systems, work with their new member consumers to reconductor lines and move electricity meters outdoors. Consumers around the country face continuing black outs because of the inadequacies of the national power supply and high losses. The co-ops are successfully addressing these issues.
Work remains to be done and new challenges come to the surface.
To meet changing needs, experienced individuals with appropriate skills continue to be needed.