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...data reported to the Rural Utilities Service (RUS). When NRECA first produced Vital Signs, virtually all rural electric systems were RUS borrowers. Since 1987 when rural electric systems first began prepaying their federal debt, the number of systems included has decreased. This year's analysis is based on a group of 618 RUS borrowers out of the 866 total distribution systems.
CONSUMER GROWTH
According to data released in August by the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), co-op consumer growth continued to outpace the industry as a whole (exhibit 1) though the gap narrowed in 2001. The data, for the 618 RUS co-ops, shows that they added 200,000 new consumers (meters) during 2001.
Consumer data provided by CFC for 808 distribution systems indicate that the entire Rural Electric Network added over 480,000 new customers (meters) in 2001. This means nearly 1.3 million additional persons served by rural electrics.
Exhibits 2, 3 and 4 show the consumer growth patterns (all maps and...
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