Electric cooperatives of the United States

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Chapters: Electric cooperatives of Minnesota, Electric generation and transmission cooperatives in the United States, Municipal electric utilities of the United States, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Nebraska Public Power District, Salt River Project, Energy Northwest, Florida Municipal Power Agency, Lansing Board of Water & Light, Great River Energy, Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, JEA, CPS Energy, West Florida Electric Cooperative, Seattle City Light, National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation, Vermont Electric Cooperative, American Public Power Association, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, Santee Cooper, Austin Energy, Rural Electrification Act, Long Island Power Authority, City Water, Light & Power, Kauäi Island Utility Cooperative, Wabash Valley Power Association, Kissimmee Utility Authority, Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Choptank Electric Cooperative, Nashville Electric Service, Holland Board of Public Works, Touchstone Energy, Oglethorpe Power, Jackson Electric Membership Corporation, Memphis Light, Gas and Water, Burlington Electric Department, Cedar Falls Utilities, New York Power Authority, Tacoma Power, Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association, Cleveland Public Power, Alameda Municipal Power, Beltrami Electric Cooperative, Central Power Electric Cooperative, Orlando Utilities Commission, Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative, City Utilities of Springfield, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant, Bandera Electric Cooperative, American Samoa Power Authority, Minnkota Power Cooperative, Brownsville Public Utilities Board, Southern California Public Power Authority, Eugene Water & Electric Board, Utah Municipal Power Agency, Deseret Power Electric Cooperative. Excerpt: The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving over four million residents. It was founded in 1902 to supply water and electricity to residents and businesses in Los Angeles and surrounding communities. The LADWP receives no tax support, and contributes about $190 million annually to the revenues of the city of Los Angeles. By the middle of the 19 century, Los Angeles's rapid population growth magnified problems with the city¿s water distribution system. At that time a system of open ditches, often polluted, was reasonably effective at supplying water to agriculture but was not suited to providing water to homes. In 1853, the city council rejected as "excessive" a closed-pipe system that would serve homes directly. As a solution, the city allowed "water carriers with jugs and horse-drawn wagons¿to serve the city¿s domestic needs". It took until 1857 for the council to realize that the system needed to be updated, which led them to grant William G. Dryden franchise rights to provide homes with water through a system of underground water mains. The initial system served only a few homes using an unreliable network of wooden pipes. In December 1861, heavy rains destroyed the system and Dryden gave up his franchise. The city attempted contracting out water distribution rights to others, but none of the systems that resulted from these contracts was successful. The city¿s previous unsuccessful attempts to allow others to develop a water system on its behalf prompted the city council to r...