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Vital Signs: NRECA's annual Summary of distribution cooperative data.

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Vital Signs, first produced in 1985, is an annual analysis of the data reported by rural electric systems from the end of the previous calendar year.

This year's data (2003) is based on 605 RUS borrowers and 174 CFC borrowers for a total of 779 rural electric distribution systems. All data is treated confidentially and no individual data is released or published. A more extensive graphical depiction of the trends shown can be found at: http://www.cooperative.com/library/coopfacts/data/vital.htm

AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE NETWORK

During 2003 electric cooperatives posted an average customer growth rate of 2.2%

HIGH CONSUMER GROWTH WIDESPREAD

The map below shows those areas where cooperatives experienced above average consumer growth (greater than 2%). Co-ops are experiencing high growth in all parts of the country, not just the fast growing regions of the Southeast and West. Retirement migration, recreation activity and the effect of metropolitan areas spreading farther and farther from their cores have brought many new consumers to co-op areas

COOPERATIVES LEAD INDUSTRV IN CONSUMER GROWTH

Rural electric distribution co-ops added over 300,000 new customers (meters) in 2003. This translates into 800,000 additional people served by cooperatives. Consumer...

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