Brazos Electric Power Cooperative
A Texas electric cooperative providing transmission and distribution services to 16 member-owner electric co-ops.
Last updated September 15, 2026
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Overview
Brazos Electric Cooperative provides transmission and distribution services for 16 Texas electric co-ops whose service territory extends across 68 counties from the Texas Panhandle to Houston. Those 16 co-ops are the member-owners of Brazos Electric, and its board of directors is comprised of one representative from each member-owner. Brazos Electric owns and operates more than 2,700 miles of high-voltage transmission line across 63 Texas counties, as well as more than 500 distribution substation facilities. It serves 16 customers (member-owners) who are electric cooperatives, and those co-ops provide power to approximately 1.8 million Texans. Brazos Electric has about 280 employees and is currently working on multiple PUC projects.
History
Brazos Electric Cooperative provides transmission and distribution services for 16 Texas electric co-ops whose service territory extends across 68 counties from the Texas Panhandle to Houston. Those 16 co-ops are the member-owners of Brazos Electric, and its board of directors is comprised of one representative from each of its member-owners. Electric co-ops are not-for-profit businesses that are democratically governed by the people and organizations they serve; each of the 16 member-owners selects one person to represent them on the Brazos Board of Directors, who meet monthly at the Waco office.
Products and positioning
Not-for-profit electric cooperative governed democratically by its member-owners.
Transmission and distribution services
Brazos Electric provides transmission and distribution services to its member-owner co-ops.
High-voltage transmission line network
Brazos Electric owns and operates more than 2,700 miles of high-voltage transmission line across 63 Texas counties.
Distribution substation facilities
Brazos Electric owns and operates more than 500 distribution substation facilities.
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- 1Home | Brazos Electric Cooperative.brazoselectric.com
- 2Who We Are | Brazos Electric Cooperative.brazoselectric.com
- 3After the storm: Texas power coop files for bankruptcyaljazeera.com
- 4Brazos Electric files for bankruptcyyahoo.com
- 5Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Texas' Largest Power Cooperative Files for Bankruptcyhngn.com
- 6Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues electricity retailer Griddy over exorbitant billsksat.com
- 7Texas electricity co-op Brazos files for bankruptcydailymail.com
- 8Texas power company files for bankruptcy protection after storm that left millions in the darknbcnews.com
- 9Texas Utility Files For Bankruptcy After $2.1 Bn Power Billibtimes.com
- 10Texas' Brazos Electric Power Cooperative Inc files for bankruptcy: reportfoxbusiness.com
- 11Texas’ largest power coop files for bankruptcy as credit crisis spreads – NaturalNews.comnaturalnews.com
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