Gas and electric utilities were pushed to the breaking point, with at least one small rural electric utility forced to shut when consumer demand overloaded the system.

Users have included farmers, rural electric utilities and fire departments.

Belfalls Electric Cooperative Association was a rural utility cooperative headquartered in Rosebud, Texas.

Helps rural utilities expand and keep their technology up to date, helping establish new and vital services such as distance learning and telemedicine.

It lends money to farm credit associations, agricultural businesses, and rural utilities, who collectively own CoBank.

CoServ Electric is a not-for-profit rural electric utility cooperative headquartered in Corinth, Texas.

Mr. Clinton wants to cut low-interest Federal loans to rural electric utilities.

Farmers Electric Cooperative is a non-profit rural electric utility cooperative headquartered in Greenville, Texas.

The association provides training, technical assistance and source water protection assistance to the rural and small utilities which comprise 94 percent of the nation's community water supplies.

The NRWA and state rural water affiliates also represent rural and small utilities in the regulatory and legislative process.