1. Rural Electrification Before the REA "A Case Study
... Kansas farmers. By 1919 most townships were electrified through either municipal or private power companies, and rural residents had watched municipal electrification with interest. Unfortunately for rural areas, the consensus amongst private and public utilities was that profitable expansion required at least 5 customers per mile of line. By contrast, upon completion of its initial 27.75 ... supply of electricity. This left an opening for locally derived solutions to answer the challenge of rural electrification since the larger utilities weren't interested. Investing in the Berwick Tr...
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