Welcome! The Alabama Rural Electric Association of Cooperatives (AREA) is a member-owned federation of 22 electric distribution cooperatives.

Associate Members

These may include businesses, vendors, and service providers that work alongside our members to enhance operations, offer specialized expertise, and contribute to the overall success of the energy community.

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Who should become an Associate Member of AREA?

Vendors of goods and services that our cooperatives use are invited to become associate members of AREA. Being an associate member gives businesses that have products and services that are relevant to cooperatives an opportunity to meet, work with, sponsor, or provide information and training to AREA member systems.

We are proud to be aligned with the 2026 AREA Associate Members

Alabama 811

Alabama One

ALTEC

American FR & Safety 

Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC 

ATK Energy Group 

Cahaba Enery Solutions 

Central Service Association 

CoBank 

Cooperative Response Center, Inc. 

Critical Path Security 

Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange 

Ferreira Power South 

Flagger Force

GDS Associates 

Gresco Utility Supply, Inc. 

Gresham Smith

Gridco, Inc. 

Huxford Pole & Timber

Intercept Rx

Irby Utilities

Jackson Thornton Utilities

Kelly and Company

KPGCo

MasTec 

Meridian Cooperative 

Mid America Testing & Supply 

Milwaukee Tool

Mississippi-Tennessee Transformers 

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 

NISC (National Information Solutions Cooperative)

NTS

Pinchin LLC

PowerGrid Distribution

Purple Wave Auction

Royal Engineers & Consultants

SPARUS Holdings

Stella Jones Corp.

Sunbelt Solomon Services

Taylor Electric 

TC Marketing, LLC

Tech Products Inc,

T.R. Miller Mill Company 

TRC

TVPPA Education & Training

United Utility Supply

Utility Lines Construction Services, LLC

Wesco

Whitehead & Associates