Steuben Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. is an electric distribution cooperative located in western New York serving members located in Steuben, Schuyler, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua Counties. The cooperative serves approximately 6,300 homes, farms and businesses over 1,100 miles of line.
The cooperative was formed on July 18, 1941 under the Transportation Corporations Law, as SteubencElectric Association. On May 14, 1942 the association filed Articles of Conversion, converting thecassociation to an electric distribution cooperative under the Rural Electric Cooperative Law of New York, thereby changing the name to what we are known as today, Steuben Rural Electric Cooperative. The first line was energized in 1944.
Steuben Rural Electric Cooperative and Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Electric Cooperative merged in 1970, resulting in Steuben becoming the largest of the four cooperatives in New York State, both in service territory and number of members. Steuben Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. is comprised of a nine-member Board of Directors. The main office is located in Bath, New York and there is a satellite office in Cherry Creek, New York. There are a total of 28 of employees between the two offices. The cooperative has seven substations located throughout its service territory, five in the Bath district and two in the Cherry Creek district.
