The rea still pays for rural power. Urban areas subsidize rural ones as tge cost per user to provide this public good is higher in rural areas. It amounts to a lot of money for rural cooperatives each year. On Dec 30, 2014 9:23 AM, "G Mann via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Post WW2 there was the REA .. Rural Electrification Act which built power > lines to rural locations. Prior to that.. you were "on your own" at a > farm. > > I don't know the exact date of the passage of REA, but it took years to > build out the lines. > > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > > > wrote: > > > On Tue, 30 Dec 2014 03:05:07 -0600 fmiser via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > Craig wrote: > > > > > > > > There were places east of Colorado Springs that didn't get > > > > electricity until after WW2. > > > > > > Aren't there places east of Colorado Springs that _still_ don't > > > have electricity? > > > > If you mean, "roads down which no electric lines run," that's true. > > > > I would guess that all the homes have commercial electricity -- the folks > > who bought our place ran electric lines to it. That prompted several > > others to build out there (which is why we didn't have electric lines > > run). > > > > > > > That part of Colorado is _sparsely_ populated. > > > > Yes, indeed. > > > > > > Craig > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
