Co-op News November 17, 2025

2025 NCB Co-op 100 Includes 18 Electric Cooperatives, CFC 

National Cooperative Bank (NCB) recently released its 34th annual Co-op 100 list, which ranks the nation’s top cooperative enterprises by annual revenue in 2024. Electric cooperatives are well represented with 13 generation and transmission (G&T) cooperatives, five distribution cooperatives and CFC.  

Electric cooperatives, including CFC, accounted for a combined $23.2 billion in revenue last year. The highest-ranked G&T is North Dakota-based Basin Electric Power Cooperative at number 21 with $2.8 billion in revenue, while the highest-ranked distribution cooperative is Cobb Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) at number 39 with $1.7 billion in revenue.    

The G&T and distribution cooperatives with the biggest moves are Georgia-based Oglethorpe Power Corporation, up nine spots to number 30 with $2.2 billion in revenue, and Middle Tennessee EMC, up 10 spots to number 75 with $1 million in revenue.  

CFC moved up 10 spots to number 42.   

The top 100 cooperatives generated revenue of $323 billion, a slight decrease from 2023. Agribusiness cooperative CHS, Inc., headquartered in Minnesota, topped the chart again with $39.3 billion in revenue. 

Electric Cooperatives in the NCB Co-op 100 

2024  CooperativeTypeState
21Basin Electric Power CooperativeG&TND
30Oglethorpe Power CorporationG&TGA
39Cobb Electric Membership CorporationDistributionGA
42CFCFinanceVA
44Tri-State G&T AssociationG&TCO
48Central Electric Power CooperativeG&TSC
52Associated Electric CooperativeG&TMO
63North Carolina Electric Membership CorporationG&TNC
67East Kentucky Power CooperativeG&TKY
68Old Dominion Electric CooperativeG&TVA
71Cooperative EnergyG&TMS
74Great River EnergyG&TMN
75Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation  Distribution    TN
76Arkansas Electric Cooperative CorporationG&TAR
86Pedernales Electric CooperativeDistributionTX
88Northern Virginia Electric CooperativeDistributionVA
90CoServeDistributionTX
92Power South Energy CooperativeG&TAL
94Western Farmers Electric CooperativeG&TOK