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Cooperative.com

Cooperative.com is a secure, private website for members of the electric cooperative family. It is sponsored by NRECA, CFC, NRTC and Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange and provides tools, information and educational opportunities to strengthen the cooperative network.

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation

The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, commonly known as Farmer Mac, is a stockholder-owned, government sponsored enterprise or "GSE" created by Congress to improve the availability of long-term credit for America's farmers, ranchers, rural homeowners, businesses and communities. Farmer Mac accomplishes this public policy mission by providing a secondary market for qualified agricultural mortgage loans, rural housing mortgage loans, rural utilities loans (to cooperative borrowers made by cooperative lenders) and the guaranteed portions of agricultural and rural development loans guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange

Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange provides a stable insurance market specifically for rural electric and telephone utilities. Its primary goal is to provide long-term coverage availability and service at a reasonable cost.

National Cooperative Business Association

NCBA works to develop, protect and advance cooperative enterprise in all industries. It offers comprehensive education, cooperative development, communications, public policy, member services and international development services to help cooperatives strengthen their businesses.

National Information Solutions Cooperative

National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC) is an information technology company that develops and supports software and hardware solutions for its member-owners who are primarily utility cooperatives and telecommunications companies across the nation. NISC is an industry leader providing advanced, integrated IT solutions for consumer and subscriber billing, accounting, engineering and operations, as well as many other leading-edge IT solutions.

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

NRECA represents the national interests of electric cooperative utilities and the consumers they serve. It is an advocate for cooperatives on energy and operational issues as well as community and economic development.

National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative

NRTC represents the advanced telecommunications and information technology interests of 1,500 rural utilities and affiliates in 48 states. It provides products and services developed specifically to meet the needs of rural utilities and their customers.

Rural Utilities Service

RUS, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and successor to the Rural Electrification Administration (REA), provides financing for electric, telecommunications, water and sewer utility services in rural areas of the United States.

SEDC

SEDC serves more than 200 member utilities across North America. SEDC's services include Our services include billing and accounting software, mobile workforce management, prepaid metering, disaster recovery, fleet managment, automated meter infrastructure, online bill pay, OMS integration, real-time secure credit card payment gateway, wireless materials management, GIS integration, laser bill printing/mailing services, remote payment systems and more.

Touchstone Energy

Touchstone Energy is the national identity brand for an alliance of more than 680 electric cooperatives in 46 states.