The Power of Connections

We dedicate this book to those who built the cooperative and continue to inspire us—our members, our employees, and the communities we serve. DEDICATION

Diane Saale, Board Chair Photo from Lyle Whitworth Photography

Doug Tracy, President & CEO Photo from Lyle Whitworth Photography

Photo on cover and page 1: CREC journeyman lineman Jason Doherty.

All photographs/images, charts, and graphics are from the Cuivre River Electric Cooperative’s files except as noted otherwise.

Copyright © 2022 by Cuivre River Electric Cooperative

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Steve Mull, Project Director

ISBN: 978-1-68184-326-1

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Printed in the United States of America at Walsworth