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Cooperative Statistics
Organization: Chippewa Valley Electric Cooperative is a nonprofit organization established in 1936. The purpose of organizing CVEC was to provide electric service to the rural area. The Cooperative is owned by the members it serves. Chippewa Valley Electric Cooperative holds its Annual Meeting each February to report to the members on the operation and condition of the Cooperative.
Service Area: The Cooperative serves much of Chippewa County and also small parts of Rusk, Taylor, Dunn, and Barron Counties. It has about 6,700 accounts which are served by over 1,170 miles of line. The distribution system is maintained by 21 full-time employees. It is a formidable challenge for the Cooperative to provide low cost, reliable electric power to its members who reside and work in sparsely populated farming areas and the heavily wooded lake sections in our part of the Chippewa Valley. The Cooperative has about five accounts per mile of distribution line.
Power Supply: The Cooperative does not generate its own power. It purchases all its electric requirements from Dairyland Power Cooperative which is located in La Crosse, Wisconsin. CVEC is one of 27 Cooperatives in a four-state area that owns and operates Dairyland Power Cooperative. One director from each Cooperative serves on the DPC Board of Directors. The total Dairyland System serves over 500,000 people in Southeast Minnesota, Western Wisconsin, Northeast Iowa, and Northwest Illinois. The system includes over 3,000 miles of line and generates electricity through a combination of coal and hydropower.
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Chippewa Valley Electric Cooperative | P.O. Box 575 | Cornell, WI 54732
Phone (715) 239-6800 | (800) 300-6800 | Fax (715) 239-6160
Office Hours: Monday through Friday (7:30 AM - 4:00 PM)
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