For nearly 80 years, our story has been one of collaboration and commitment — a living example of how the cooperative business model and the Seven Cooperative Principles continue to create lasting value for the communities we serve.
The Colorado Rural Electric Association is the statewide service organization representing all our members. A leading and involved proponent of the electric cooperative movement, CREA supports its member cooperatives in five core areas: legislative advocacy, policy and regulatory tracking, education and training, safety initiatives, and communications.
Through CREA, each individual cooperative benefits from the advantages of shared services, while control and ownership are maintained at the local level. CREA is governed by a board of directors made up of one representative from each of its member co-ops, along with the officers of the Colorado Rural Electric Managers Association.
CREA exists as a united representative for its members and functions for their mutual benefit to promote the electric co-op program and to foster the principles on which electric cooperatives were founded.
