Golden State Power Cooperative has two classes of associate members. Class B Associate Members are electric cooperatives or generation and transmission cooperatives that are headquartered outside California. Golden State Power Cooperative also collaborates with many types of entities that offer goods and services to benefit GSPC members. These entities are eligible to become Class C Associate Members. We appreciate the collaboration with our Associate Members and their support of Golden State Power Cooperative. To find out more about becoming a Class C Associate Member, please contact us!
Class B Associate Member
- Arizona G&T Cooperatives
- Valley Electric Association, Inc.
Class C Associate Members
- General Pacific
- Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange
- Meridian Cooperative
- NISC
- NRTC
- NWPPA
- Pioneer Utility Resources
- Vantage Point Solutions
- West Hills Community College District
Arizona G&T Cooperatives
Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (AEPCO) is a wholesale generation and transmission (G&T) cooperative established in 1961 serving six Class A Members located throughout rural Arizona and parts of California and New Mexico, including Anza Electric Cooperative. AEPCO also provides scheduling and trading, and other services to its Class D Members, through a partnership with ACES and its Western Regional Trading Center. Other services may include regulatory reporting and compliance, natural gas and power hedging, operations and maintenance, engineering and planning. AEPCO owns and operates more than 600 MW of power resources and 814 miles of high voltage transmission; it operates a 24-hour operations center and sub-metered balancing area authority (1400 MW), including SCADA/EMS, switching, outage coordination, and communication.
Sierra Southwest Cooperative Services, Inc. develops renewable resources for AEPCO and its Members, including the Apache Solar Facility in Willcox, Arizona and the Sun Anza Solar Facility in Anza, California.
Visit www.azgt.coop for more information.
Valley Electric Association, Inc.
Valley Electric Association is an electrical cooperative created to serve its members with power, because other utilities did not find it profitable to do so. In 1965, 4 cooperatives decided to join forces, knowing they would be stronger together: Amargosa Valley Electric Cooperative, Beatty Utility Company, Pahrump Utility Company, and White Mountain Electric Cooperative. Jointly they created the Valley Electric Association.
VEA primarily serves members in Nevada, but also serves some California members in the Fish Lake Valley area. VEA is the parent of 3 wholly-owned subsidiary companies: Valley Electric Transmission Association, Valley Communication Association, and SolPower.
Visit www.vea.coop for more information.
General Pacific, Inc.
General Pacific, or GenPac, is one of the leading wholesale stocking distributors in the Northwest region of the United States. GenPac has served the Electrical Utility, Water Utility and Contractor markets since 1965. General Pacific has built long lasting relationships with customers by providing them with quality products and value added services.
Visit generalpacific.com for more information.
Meridian Cooperative
Meridian Cooperative, formerly SEDC, was formed in 1976 by a group of Electric Membership Cooperatives with a vision for a single enterprise solution provider to serve data processing, IT, and operational needs to cooperatives, public utility districts, and municipal utilities. Through carefully curated acquisitions and partnerships, Meridian Cooperative has unified multiple leading-edge companies under its umbrella in order to truly execute that vision. Today, the Meridian Cooperative Enterprise serves over 500 utilities across the country with industry-leading enterprise software solutions.
Visit www.meridian.coop for more information.
National Information Solutions Cooperative
NISC is a leading provider of software solutions and services for utilities and telecoms. NISC offers advanced, integrated solutions featuring automated workflows, electronic approvals, and more in areas of billing & customer service, accounting, engineering & operations, meter data management, payment channels, cybersecurity, and eServices/Apps. Today, more than 20 million consumers in all 50 states, American Samoa, Palau, and Canada receive utility or telecommunications services from companies utilizing their advanced information technology systems.
Visit nisc.coop for more information.
National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative
The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) supports over 1,500 utilities by delivering smart grid, broadband and video solutions that promote economic development and improve the quality of life in rural America.
Visit nrtc.coop for more information.
Northwest Public Power Association
The mission of Northwest Public Power Association (NWPPA) is to enhance the success of its members through education, training, timely communication, governmental and regulatory relations, and other value added services. NWPPA is an international Association representing 150 public power consumer-owned, locally controlled utilities in the Western US and Canada with approximately 300 associate members who provide goods and services to NWPPA public power members.
Visit www.nwppa.org for more information.
Pioneer Utility Resources
Pioneer Utility Resources provides media services to each electric cooperative in California. Ruralite magazine reaches more than 300,000 homes monthly through 47 zoned editions covering Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California and Montana. Currents magazine—which is published 6 times per year—covers Arizona and reaches nearly 44,000 additional readers. Each member-utility receives a custom version of the magazine, enabling them to use the magazine to communicate with their members about important issues and promote programs specific to their utility.
Visit PioneerUtilityResources.com for more information.
Vantage Point Solutions
Vantage Point Solutions provides engineering and consulting services for electrical cooperatives.
Visit vantagepnt.com for more information.
