The Montana Electric Cooperatives’ Association is a not-for-profit, statewide trade association representing 25 consumer-owned electric distribution cooperatives and three wholesale power supply cooperatives. Electric cooperatives provide electricity service to more than 400,000 Montanans. The cooperatives’ service areas cover all 56 Montana counties. Collectively, Montana’s electric cooperatives own and operate more than 56,000 miles of transmission and distribution power lines in Montana. Each cooperative is customer-owned, locally controlled and not-for-profit.