Local rep discusses the VENN diagram of doom
Thu, 08/30/2018 - 3:05pm
Sara Koelsch
“By the 1930s nearly 90% of US urban dwellers had electricity, but 90% of rural homes were without power. Investor-owned utilities often denied service to rural areas, citing high development costs and low profit margins. Consequently, even when they could purchase electricity, rural consumers paid far higher prices than urban consumers.” - from the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives Research on the Economic Impact of Cooperatives