Fast Facts

1. Electric co-op members (active services): 20,646
2. Propane customers: 4,300
3. Miles of power line: 3,356
4. Square miles of service territory: 2,000
5. Polk-Burnett employees: 52 electric and 7 propane
6. Year cooperative was founded: 1938
7. First year electricity was delivered: 1939
8. Average members per mile: 6
9. Polk-Burnett is locally owned and operated by its members
10. Operation Round-Up grants since 1998: $420,000
11. Scholarship dollars since 1987: $400,000
12. Polk-Burnett does not own or operate power plants; it is a distribution co-op
13. Electricity is purchased from Dairyland Power Cooperative, about 90% from coal and 10% from renewables