Our History
As you may know, a cooperative is a buying group* organized
to provide low cost services to member businesses. Cooperatives
are unique because the consumers they serve own them. They
are guided by principles that reflect the best interests of
those consumers. According to the National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association, more than 100 million Americans are
members of 47,000 cooperatives in the United States, providing
a wide array of goods and services.
In 1998 an energy cooperative was formed in Ohio by a group
of business people, like you, to save money on natural gas
costs. The Energy Cooperative of Ohio operates under the laws
of the state of Ohio to provide at-cost natural gas to its
members. The Co-op has met all of the requirements of the
Ohio Consumers Council, the PUCO, East Ohio Gas and Columbia
Gas of Ohio to serve commercial & industrial customers under
the Choice and Firm Requirements programs.