This article appeared in The Lane Report in August 2026 by Don Mosier, President and CEO at East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC), a not-for-profit, member-owned cooperative providing wholesale electricity to 16 owner-member distribution cooperatives that serve 1.1 million Kentucky residents across 89 counties. Along with the 16 other electric cooperatives previously mentioned, Inter-County Energy is a not-for-profit, owner/member of EKPC. Click below to read the full article.