Yes FDR did get it started. I saw a picture of a farmhouse with a single bulb dangling from the ceiling of a farmer's dining room, wife sitting at the table. One board siding on the house....one board between you and the outside, wire over to the wall, metallic cover over the wire from the ceiling to the light switch attached TO the wall.
All this and LBJ standing over her. As I understand it his administration made it a Coop and so we have it today. I am a member.
We just had this horrible ice storm that was area wide. Most of N. TX. was without power. Report from the coop was that lines were down all over the counties (4 served by our coop). Roads were sheet ice, wind howling from the N. Sleet coming down hard. But these daredevils risked all that to restore our power. How they were able to do that beats me. The 15 minute on period mentioned below was at 9 pm.......no daylight, bad storm, ice everywhere but they were still at it.
We are about 30 miles from the coop office and well into the country. (lights flickering, on for 15 min, then 30 min, then solid....still on and the storm is well past and ice is receeding). Our power was solidly restored, with half a dozen attempts within 48 hours of the storm hitting with all the hindrances of the bad weather which didn't let up.
Still we pay 11cents per kWHr.
Hats off to those daredevils. Know a couple of the crew and they were just local farm boys. Both been with the coop over 35 years.
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