Phil Carson

Southern Illinois Power Cooperative, Inc. distributes electric power. It is a generation and transmission cooperative providing wholesale electric power to seven member distribution cooperatives and two wholesale customers in Illinois. The firm owns and operates over 900 miles of high-voltage transmission and multiple substations. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Marion, IL.

Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Inc. is an electric distribution cooperative based in Illinois. The American company was incorporated in 1936 by farmers in three counties who were unable to convince the investor-owned electric utility to extend lines into the countryside to serve their homes and farms. The CEO of the private company is Jack L. Perkins.

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association is a non-profit organization that provides retail electric services. It organizes annual meetings of cooperative and rural leaders and consumers and also holds expositions of products and equipment required in operation of electric utilities. The company was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. engages in the provision of financing and investment. Its services include long-term shelf financing, emergency lines of credit, loan syndications and loan resales, strategic planning and financial analysis, and financial education and training. The company was founded on April 10, 1969 and is headquartered in Dulles, VA.