Action Committee
for Rural Electrification The Action Committee for Rural Electrification (ACRE®) is the grassroots political action committee of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. ACRE represents the interests of the nation's nearly 1,000 not-for-profit electric cooperative systems and their 37 million consumers in rural, suburban, and urban areas of the country.
ACRE was organized to support only federal candidates those in Congress now and running for Congress who will speak for and protect the interests of electric cooperatives and their consumers. ACRE is bipartisan and its contributions are based on a candidate's record of support for rural electrification, not on his/her political affiliation. The process by which candidates are chosen to receive support from ACRE is rigorous, requiring the approval of state ACRE committees, NRECA's ACRE staff and electric co-op state association CEOs.
ACRE is comprised of more than 27,000 individual contributions from electric cooperative directors, managers, employees, and consumers nationwide. The average contribution to ACRE is $40. In 2003, ACRE was ranked as the 47th largest PAC in the nation with more than $1 million in contributions.
All PAC contributions, including ACRE's monthly disclosure report, are available from the Federal Election Commission's website at www.fec.gov.
To join ACRE, click here and print out the page and mail as indicated.
Arizona Action Committee for Rural Electrification The Arizona equivalent to the Action Committee for Rural Electrification (ACRE®) is the grassroots political action committee of the Grand Canyon State Electric Cooperative Association.
To join AzACRE, click here and print out the page and mail as indicated.