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Brazos Electric Power Cooperative

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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.

Recent events

  • Reported

    Brazos Electric files for bankruptcy protection[3]

    Brazos Electric Power Cooperative filed for bankruptcy protection in federal court in Houston, citing a disputed $1.8 billion bill from Texas’s grid operator.

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