Douglas Electric Cooperative

What Douglas Electric Cooperative does

Douglas Electric Cooperative is a non-profit, member-owned electric utility cooperative founded in 1939 and headquartered in Roseburg, United States. It supplies electric power to its local community with an explicit emphasis on affordability, operating under the cooperative business model in which the electricity consumers are also the owners and governance stakeholders. The organization distributes electricity within a defined service territory, consistent with the U.S. rural electric cooperative framework that grants exclusive franchise rights to serve a specific geographic area.

The cooperative's core product is electric power delivery through a physical distribution network that has been built and maintained over more than 80 years of operation. No details on generation assets, line miles, or substation infrastructure are disclosed in the available source material. As a non-profit cooperative, surplus revenues are reinvested into the grid or returned to members as capital credits rather than distributed as profit, aligning the business model directly with the affordability mandate stated in the company's short description.

Revenue mechanics follow the standard regulated electric utility model: members pay volumetric or fixed rates for electricity consumption, with rates typically reviewed and approved by a state public utility commission or the cooperative's elected board. Pricing details, customer segmentation, and rate structure are not disclosed in the source material. The company received $2,104,000 in financing from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in December 2024, consistent with USDA Rural Utilities Service programs that provide capital funding for electric cooperative infrastructure investment. No management team, partnerships, M&A activity, product launches, or technology platform details are documented in the available data.

Name

Douglas Electric Cooperative

Website

https://dec.coop

Company type

Private

Founded year

1939

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Douglas Electric Cooperative is a non-profit, member-owned electric utility founded in 1939 that distributes electric power to its local community in Roseburg, United States, with an explicit emphasis on affordability.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electric Utility Distribution

NAICS

Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (2211), Electric Power Distribution (221122)

SIC

Electric Services (4911)

akta.pro primary industry

Electric Cooperatives (Rural/Member-Owned Utilities) (EUADABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Electric Distribution System Owners (Wires-Only Companies) (EUADABAI)

Keywords

• Rural electric distribution
• Electric cooperative services
• Power supply utility
• Member-owned electricity
• Community energy provider

Headquarters

HQ city

Roseburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Core offering

Douglas Electric Cooperative is a member-owned electric utility cooperative that distributes and supplies electric power to residential and commercial members in its rural service territory, with an explicit emphasis on affordability. Operating since 1939, it functions as a nonprofit electric distribution cooperative serving the Roseburg, Oregon community and surrounding areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Electric Power Distribution
• Member Cooperative Services

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Hood River Electric Cooperative: A small rural electric distribution cooperative in the Columbia River Gorge area of Oregon. Comparable small-cooperative scale, member-owned governance, and rural Oregon service territory.
• Blachly-Lane Electric Cooperative: A small rural electric distribution cooperative in western Oregon. Closely comparable in size, cooperative model, and rural customer mix to Douglas Electric Cooperative.
• Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative: A rural electric cooperative on the southern Oregon coast. Same cooperative structure, similar exposure to weather risk, and a comparable member base of residential, agricultural, and small industrial customers.
• Tillamook People's Utility District: A consumer-owned electric utility in northwestern Oregon operating under a similar small-utility model. Comparable in scale, member-driven governance, and dependence on regulated rate revenue.
• Lane Electric Cooperative: A rural electric distribution cooperative serving Lane County, Oregon — immediately adjacent to Douglas County. Operates the same cooperative business model with member-owned governance and similar rural load profile.
• Consumers Power Inc. A member-owned electric cooperative serving parts of Benton, Lincoln, Linn, and Polk counties in Oregon. Directly comparable rural distribution cooperative with similar scale, customer mix, and reliance on cooperative lending.

Broad incumbents

• Portland General Electric: Oregon's largest investor-owned electric utility. Comparable as an Oregon electric distribution operator; relevant for benchmarking rates, grid investment, and regulatory exposure, though materially larger and urban-weighted.
• Pacific Power (Berkshire Hathaway Energy): An investor-owned electric utility serving much of Oregon, including areas adjacent to Douglas Electric's service territory. Comparable as an Oregon electric distribution operator but with substantially greater scale and capital resources.

Regional players

• Central Lincoln People's Utility District: A consumer-owned electric utility serving the central Oregon coast. Comparable as a small Oregon distribution cooperative/PUD with a similar rural, member-driven operating model and reliance on federal and cooperative financing.
• Umatilla Electric Cooperative: A member-owned electric cooperative serving Umatilla County in northeastern Oregon. Comparable cooperative structure with a similar mix of agricultural and small-industrial load, though operating in a different region of the state.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/douglas_coop

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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