Touchstone Energy
Touchstone Energy Cooperatives is a cooperative federation composed of more than 735 local, consumer-owned utility cooperatives in 46 of the 50 United States. Touchstone Energy co-ops serve more than 30 million members. Electric utility cooperatives distribute power for 75 percent of the U.S. land mass more than 2.5 million miles of power lines.
Touchstone Energy was founded in 1998. Most of its members are also members of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. The federation includes both generation and transmission cooperatives and distribution cooperatives. Touchstone Energy Co-ops get more than 88% of all local electric co-ops offer electricity generated from renewable sources.
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