Brazos Electric Power Cooperative is an electrical generation and transmission cooperative

Utility cooperative

A utility cooperative is a type of cooperative that is tasked with the delivery of a public utility such as electricity, water or telecommunications to its members...

 based in Waco, Texas

Waco, Texas

Waco is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. Situated along the Brazos River and on the I-35 corridor, halfway between Dallas and Austin, it is the economic, cultural, and academic center of the 'Heart of Texas' region....

. Founded in 1941, it was the first cooperative in Texas established for the purpose of generating and supplying electricity, and is currently the largest in Texas.

Brazos operates four plants which can produce up to 2,909 megawatts of electricity. Brazos was an initial investor in the Comanche Peak Nuclear Generating Station

Comanche Peak Nuclear Generating Station

Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant is located in Somervell County, Texas. The nuclear power plant is located 40 miles southwest of Ft. Worth and about 60 miles southwest of Dallas. It relies on nearby Squaw Creek Reservoir for cooling water...

 but later sold its interest to TXU

TXU

Energy Future Holdings Corporation is an electric utility company headquartered in Energy Plaza in Downtown Dallas, Texas, United States. The company was known as TXU until its $45 billion leveraged buyout by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Texas Pacific Group and Goldman Sachs...

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Brazos serves 16 local utility cooperative

Utility cooperative

A utility cooperative is a type of cooperative that is tasked with the delivery of a public utility such as electricity, water or telecommunications to its members...

s and three municipal-owned electric companies.

Member cooperatives

Bartlett Electric Cooperative

Bartlett Electric Cooperative

Bartlett Electric Cooperative is a non-profit rural electric utility cooperative headquartered in Bartlett, Texas.The cooperative was organized in 1935 as the Bartlett Community Power and Light Company...

Comanche Electric Cooperative

Comanche Electric Cooperative

Comanche Electric Cooperative, Inc. is a non-profit rural electric utility cooperative headquartered in Comanche, Texas, United States.The cooperative was organized in 1938 and serves portions of seven counties in the state of Texas, in a territory generally surrounding Comanche.Comanche is a...

Cooke County Electric Cooperative

Cooke County Electric Cooperative

Cooke County Electric Cooperative Association is a non-profit rural electric utility cooperative headquartered in Muenster, Texas.The cooperative was organized in 1938 and serves portions of five counties in the state of Texas, in a territory generally surrounding Muenster.Currently Cooke County...

CoServ Electric

CoServ Electric

CoServ Electric is a not-for-profit rural electric utility cooperative headquartered in Corinth, Texas. CoServ was organized in 1937 as the Denton County Electric Cooperative, and took its current DBA name in 1998....

Fort Belknap Electric Cooperative

Fort Belknap Electric Cooperative

Fort Belknap Electric Cooperative, Inc. is a non-profit rural electric utility cooperative headquartered in Olney, Texas.The cooperative was organized in 1939 and serves portions of seven counties in the state of Texas, in a territory generally surrounding Olney and including its city limits...

Hamilton County Electric Cooperative

Heart of Texas Electric Cooperative

HILCO Electric Cooperative

HILCO Electric Cooperative

HILCO Electric Cooperative is a non-profit rural electric utility cooperative headquartered in Itasca, Texas, United States, with a district office in Whitney, Texas and a district office in Midlothian, Texas....

J-A-C Electric Cooperative

MidSouth Synergy

Navarro County Electric Cooperative

Navasota Valley Electric Cooperative

South Plains Electric Cooperative

Tri-County Electric Cooperative

United Cooperative Services

Wise Electric Cooperative