About VMDAEC

The Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives exists to serve the member-owned electric cooperatives in the three-state area. Thirteen co-ops in Virginia, two in Maryland and one in Delaware are members of the Association.

Association member cooperatives serve more than 2 million people in the three states through more than 700,000 meters in Virginia, more than 200,000 meters in Maryland and more than 110,000 meters in Delaware.

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Celebrating more than 80 years of service, the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives serves all 16 member-owned electric cooperatives in the three-state region including 13 co-ops in Virginia, two in Maryland and one in Delaware.

Virginia

VIRGINIA

700000 +

Meters

Maryland

MARYLAND

200000 +

Meters

Delaware

DELAWARE

100000 +

Meters

Serving 16 electric cooperatives serving more than 2 million people.

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The trade association provides services best performed as a group effort on a state or regional level. Service and support are provided to member cooperatives in the areas of:

checkGovernmental Affairs

Safety & Training

Regulatory & Legal Affairs

Communications and Public Affairs.

Electric cooperatives are consumer-owned, state-chartered electric utilities, making the Association the largest consumer organization in each of the three states. 

Each of the 16 member systems is represented by two directors on the VMDAEC Board. Officers are elected each year for one-year terms following the annual membership meeting in July. The board establishes policy and provides direction with quarterly board meetings held in January, April, July and October. Board committees are used to provide planning and direction for the Association staff. 

VMDAEC provides to be of considerable value in providing coordination of activities concerning matters under consideration at the national level by the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (CFC), CoBank, Federated RE Insurance and others. 

For more than 80 years, VMDAEC has published Cooperative Living magazine — the voice of our member-owned electric cooperatives in Virginia and Maryland. Read current and archived issues at co-opliving.com.