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116664 1 (1981-10-20)

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             UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                     WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548
                                       1.
                                       FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                       EXPECTED AT 9:00 a.m.
                                       TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1981

                          STATEMENT OF
               BALTAS E. BIRKLE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR
         COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                           BEFORE THE

             SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AND
                      RURAL ELECTRIFICATION

                              OF THE

       COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY

                      UNITED STATES SENATE

                                ON

     MEMBER PARTICIPATION IN RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES


MADAM CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE:

     WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS MEMBER PARTICIPATION IN THE

ACTIVITIES OF RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES FUNDED AND SUPPORTED

BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMIN-

ISTRATION (REA). THIS IS ONE OF THE ASPECTS DISCUSSED IN OUR

NOVEMBER 1980, REPORT ENTITLED FINANCING RURAL ELECTRIC GENER-

ATING FACILITIES: A LARGE AND GROWING ACTIVITY (CED-81-14).

BACKGROUND

     REA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1935 AS PART OF AN UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF

PROGRAM. WITH REA ASSISTANCE, RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES WERE

FORMED TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS TO

SERVE THEIR RURAL MEMBERS. FOR THE MOST PART, THE COOPERATIVES

PURCHASED ELECTRIC POWER FROM FEDERAL POWER PROJECTS OR ELECTRIC

COMPANIES AND DISTRIBUTED IT TO CONSUMERS.


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