Adams Electric Cooperative

What Adams Electric Cooperative does

Adams Electric Cooperative, Inc. is a member-owned electric distribution cooperative headquartered at 1338 Biglerville Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1940, it serves approximately 35,000 members across an 826-mile distribution network in South Central Pennsylvania under an exclusive regulated franchise. The cooperative distributes electricity to residential and commercial members within its defined service territory, functioning as a not-for-profit utility that returns profits to members through its Ownership Rewards (capital credits) program — $2.8 million was distributed in March 2025.

The cooperative's technology footprint centers on three digital tools: SmartHub, an online member portal for billing, payments, and account management; a real-time Outage Map for service status and restoration tracking; and a public Solar Dashboard that allows members with distributed solar installations to monitor renewable energy production. Layered on the core distribution service are load-management programs (the U-Shift suite, including U-$ave, Air Conditioning, Off-Peak Rate, and Water Heating), efficiency services (walk-through audits, Home Electric Use Calculator), and member add-on offerings such as surge protection, LED area lighting, and CFL/LED recycling. Community-facing programs — scholarships, Project Helping Hand, New Hope Hardship Fund, Community Development Fund, and the Co-op Connections discount program — form part of the membership value proposition.

Revenue is generated through recurring monthly electricity distribution charges to residential and commercial members under a published rate schedule, with a rate increase implemented on February 2026 bills. As a regulated cooperative, the entity holds an exclusive franchise in its service territory and serves as both provider and primary member-services contact. The cooperative is governed by an elected member Board of Directors, has 101-250 employees, and earned the ACSI Customer Satisfaction Award for Co-op Energy Utilities in 2024. No AI/ML capabilities, acquisitions, or geographic expansions beyond the existing territory are evident in the data.

Name

Adams Electric Cooperative

Legal name

Adams Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Website

https://adamsec.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1940

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Adams Electric Cooperative is a member-owned electric distribution cooperative headquartered in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, serving approximately 35,000 members across South Central Pennsylvania under an exclusive regulated franchise, with monthly billing, capital credit returns, and community programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electric Distribution Services

NAICS

Electric Power Distribution (221122), Electric Power Transmission, Control, and Distribution (22112)

SIC

Electric Services (4911)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Distribution Automation (DA) Field Integration (Reclosers, Switches, Capacitors, Regulators) (EUAEANAC)

Keywords

• Electric distribution services
• Member-owned cooperative
• Energy efficiency programs
• Renewable energy monitoring
• Community assistance programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Gettysburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Electric Distribution Services: Member-owned electric distribution cooperative providing electricity to residential and commercial members in South Central Pennsylvania. Revenue generated through electricity rates charged to members for distribution services.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Adams Electric Cooperative is a member-owned electric distribution cooperative delivering electricity to 35,000 residential and commercial members across South Central Pennsylvania via 826 miles of distribution line. Its core offerings combine regulated electric distribution service with the SmartHub member portal, the Solar Dashboard for renewable monitoring, the U-Shift load management suite, energy efficiency services, and community support programs. Annual excess revenues are returned to members through the Ownership Rewards capital credits program.

Product overview

Adams Electric Cooperative is a member-owned electric distribution cooperative offering a unified portfolio of electricity distribution services and member programs. The core offerings include SmartHub (online/mobile bill payment and account management portal), the Solar Dashboard (solar monitoring platform), and the U-Shift suite of load management programs enabling members to shift electricity usage to off-peak hours. Supporting these are energy efficiency services (walk-through audits, home energy calculator), product offerings (surge protection, LED lighting, LED/CFL recycling), community programs (scholarships, hardship funds, community development), and the Co-op Connections discount program. The cooperative also provides outage management tools including a real-time outage map. All services are bundled under the member-owned cooperative model, with revenue returns distributed through the Ownership Rewards capital credits program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Electric Distribution Service Regulated electric distribution service delivering electricity to residential and commercial members across 826 miles of line within Adams Electric Cooperative's South Central Pennsylvania service territory. Members are billed monthly under the cooperative's published rate schedule.
• SmartHub Online member portal and mobile application for viewing electric bills, paying bills, tracking energy usage, and managing account information for Adams Electric Cooperative members.
• Outage Map Real-time online map showing current power outages and estimated restoration times across the cooperative's service territory, available to members for outage awareness.
• Solar Dashboard Public online dashboard that allows members with solar installations to monitor their distributed solar energy generation and consumption data in real time.
• U-Shift Programs Load management programs enabling members to shift electricity usage to off-peak hours in exchange for bill credits, including U-Shift U-$ave, U-Shift Air Conditioning, U-Shift Off-Peak Rate, and U-Shift Water Heating variants.
• Walk-Through Energy Audits Home energy assessment service that identifies efficiency opportunities and helps members reduce electricity consumption through personalized recommendations.
• Surge Protection Electrical surge protection service to safeguard member appliances and electronics from power spikes delivered through the cooperative's distribution system.
• LED Area Lights Outdoor LED area lighting offering for members to improve visibility and reduce energy costs on their property.
• Co-op Connections Member discount and savings program that provides access to reduced prices on products and services from participating national and local partner businesses.
• Ownership Rewards Annual capital credits program that returns excess cooperative revenue to member-owners in proportion to their electricity purchases.

Quantifiable outcome

• $2.8 million returned to members through Ownership Rewards program in 2025

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (CFC): Lending cooperative serving rural electric utilities like Adams; relevant as a capital-structure peer and counterparty for the debt financing that Adams and its peer cooperatives rely on.
• Touchstone Energy: National branding and services cooperative that Adams is part of; useful peer for cooperative marketing, member-program, and shared-services benchmarks relevant to Adams' go-to-market approach.

Direct peers

• Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative: Pennsylvania-based member-owned rural electric distribution cooperative serving Bradford, Susquehanna, and Wyoming counties with a comparable cooperative model, SmartHub billing platform, and capital credits program.
• Sullivan County Rural Electric Cooperative: Pennsylvania-based rural electric distribution cooperative with similar member-owned model, AMI/SmartHub-style member services, and capital credit programs across comparable rural Pennsylvania service territory size.
• Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative: Pennsylvania member-owned rural electric cooperative with similar cooperative governance, member portal, and capital credit return program operating in adjacent rural Pennsylvania territories.
• Bedford Rural Electric Cooperative: Pennsylvania rural electric distribution cooperative serving members in south-central PA with analogous service territory characteristics, member-owned governance, and Touchstone Energy affiliation.
• Allegheny Electric Cooperative: Pennsylvania generation-and-transmission cooperative supplying wholesale power to member distribution coops including Adams, making it a closely linked peer on the supply side of the same regional cooperative system.
• REEA Energy Cooperative (REA Energy): Member-owned rural electric cooperative serving parts of south-central and western Pennsylvania with a comparable distribution-only model and member-ownership structure.

Broad incumbents

• FirstEnergy (Met-Ed / Penelec): Investor-owned utility holding company operating Met-Ed and Penelec as Pennsylvania distribution utilities; competes indirectly in adjacent service territories and provides a corporate-utility comparison point.
• PPL Electric Utilities: Investor-owned regulated electric distribution utility serving most of Pennsylvania outside Adams' cooperative footprint; a broad incumbent peer in the same Pennsylvania distribution market under a different ownership structure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/aec_coop
• Facebookfacebook.com/AdamsEC

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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