{"id":37565,"date":"2022-02-16T11:22:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T16:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ure.com\/?page_id=37565"},"modified":"2024-03-21T14:38:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T18:38:03","slug":"about-ure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ure.com\/about-us\/about-ure\/","title":{"rendered":"About URE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">Our Mission<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nURE is committed to exceeding the energy needs and expectations of our consumer-members by providing safe, high quality and responsive service at fair prices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who We Are<br \/>\n<\/strong>URE is a not-for-profit, consumer-owned electric distribution utility headquartered in Marysville, Ohio.\u00a0The cooperative serves residential, commercial, and large industrial members primarily in Union County, as well as portions of the five surrounding counties \u2014 Champaign, Delaware, Hardin, Logan, and Marion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"display-4 text-align-center\"><strong>How We Operate<br \/>\n<\/strong>Even though URE provides electric power to its members, it is the membership that powers the cooperative. Members have a voice in the operation of their electric utility and vote for their board of trustees, a group of members who govern the co-op. Members have equal representation in URE despite their size or number of service accounts \u2014 one member equals one vote. We are particularly responsive to the needs and expectations of our members because they are also our owners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"display-4 text-align-center\"><strong>Power Supply Portfolio<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ohioec.org\/buckeye-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buckeye Power, Inc.,<\/a> formed in 1959 and based out of Columbus, Ohio, is the generating cooperative supplying power to, and owned by the 24 electric distribution cooperatives, including URE.<\/p>\n<p>The cooperatives have invested a significant amount of money to make Cardinal Power Plant, the coal-fired power station near Brilliant, Ohio, among the cleanest units in the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COAL\u00a0<\/strong>is our main source of power.<br \/>\n<strong>NATURAL GAS\u00a0<\/strong>is used for peak generation.<br \/>\n<strong>RENEWABLE SOURCES\u00a0<\/strong>equal approximately 5% of supply.<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"nav-tiles row align-center\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"nav-tile col large-6 medium-6 small-12\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cta-link \" href=\"https:\/\/ure.com\/about-us\/about-ure\/7-cooperative-principles\/\" \t\t\t\t\t   title=\"7 Cooperative Prnciples\" >\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-icon-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-icon\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/ure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-numeral-circle-seven-cooperative-principles.svg\" alt=\"\" role=\"presentation\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-label\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>7 Cooperative Prnciples<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"nav-tile col large-6 medium-6 small-12\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cta-link \" href=\"https:\/\/ure.com\/about-us\/about-ure\/service-territory\/\" \t\t\t\t\t   title=\"Electric & Natural Gas Service Territory\" >\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-icon-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-icon\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/ure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-location-pin.svg\" alt=\"\" role=\"presentation\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-label\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Electric & Natural Gas Service Territory<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"nav-tile col large-6 medium-6 small-12\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cta-link \" href=\"https:\/\/ure.com\/about-us\/about-ure\/membership-value\/\" \t\t\t\t\t   title=\"The Value of your URE Membership\" >\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-icon-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-icon\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/ure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/values-blue-ribbon-checkmark-award.svg\" alt=\"\" role=\"presentation\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-label\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Value of your URE Membership<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"nav-tile col large-6 medium-6 small-12\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cta-link \" href=\"https:\/\/ure.com\/about-us\/about-ure\/code-of-regulations-articles-of-incorporation\/\" \t\t\t\t\t   title=\"Code of Regulatoins & Articles of Incorporation \" >\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-icon-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-icon\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/ure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/digitalmagazine-pages-tablet-ipad-book-document-1.svg\" alt=\"\" role=\"presentation\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-label\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Code of Regulatoins & Articles of Incorporation <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Mission URE is committed to exceeding the energy needs and expectations of our consumer-members by providing safe, high quality and responsive service at fair prices. 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